Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DESIGN IN BLACK AND REDDISH BROWN. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1435 - 1456 as "Ngatu." Bark cloth prepared for curtains by the natives of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Large, wide section of bark cloth which is intricately decorated with a variety of stencil designs. The piece has two black sides and one border which is striped red, white and black. The central section is divided into diamond shapes with broad and narrow bands of black and red. The broad bands have white star shape stencil decorations. The other triangle and diamond shapes are filled with geometric decoration.
label: Notes
content: Examined and sampled by Kenneth P. Emory, Bishop Museum, June 1941. Has original Peale # label. A section of this bark cloth was exchanged with Harvard University, and is catalogued under Harvard number 51520, and located in 1987.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3620-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 415 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 226 cm