Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: William S. Speiden
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, NARROW, BARK CLOTH BELT WHICH HAS BEEN FOLDED AND SEWN TOGETHER WITH A REDDISH-BROWN THREAD. THE CENTRAL PORTION IS COVERED WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS DONE WITH THREAD, AND THE ENDS HAVE REDDISH-BROWN FRINGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL READS, "BELTS (3) THIN NARROW BANDS OF NATIVE CLOTH, 'TAPA' MADE FROM THE INNER BARK OF THE PAPER MULBERRY TREE - COLLECTED BY G.W. HAMMERSLEY AND MR. W.S. SPEIDEN." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5699-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 123 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm