Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND IN ALTERNATING BANDS OF BLACK AND REDDISH-MUSTARD COLOR. THE REDDISH BANDS HAVE WHITE DIAMONDS WITH BLACK CIRCLES IN THEM. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. THERE IS A CATALOGUE CARD WITH THIS NUMBER WHICH DESCRIBED A FISHHOOK, BUT THIS IS IN ERROR SINCE #3431 IS A TAPA.
label: Notes
content: THE FISH HOOK WHICH WAS WRONGLY NUMBERED 3431 HAS BEEN GIVEN #T-22308.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CAT.3431. EX. CASE 34. LEFT HALF, 3 RD ROW."
label: Notes
content: Tapa cloth poncho, painted decoration. Tapa has been slit in center. Edges of slit have been reinforced with small rectangles of brown and white checked cotton fabric sewn down with plant fiber.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jul 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3431-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 153 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 98 cm