Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ACL FILE... EXHIBITED MAG. VOY.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD 2972-76X: "CAT. 2972, ORIG. 1050. TAPA, WOMAN'S KILT? SAMOA. 4'1" X 10'6". "
label: Notes
content: Beige tapa cloth decorated with geometric designs of medium brown color and accented with dark brown lines and dots. At both ends are undecorated sections of 55 cm in length. Tapa consists of several overlapping layers. Edges of both ends are uneven. There are brown stains in the unpainted areas.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1050 as collected in Samoa, but this tapa has been reidentified as Tongan, during research for the Magnificent Voyagers exhibition.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2972-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 340 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 130 cm