Tapa Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1957
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Sims
label: Donor Name
content: George W. Sims
notes: label: Notes
content: INTERPRETATION FOR THIS GIVEN BY DR. A KAEPPLER. THIS HAS BEEN CUT FROM A MUCH LARGER PIECE, AND IT IS UNFINISHED BECAUSE DARKER BROWN ACCENTUATION IS MISSING. AMONG THE DESIGNS ARE CIRCLES REPRESENTING THE TONGAN CROWN & THE WORD FOR IT "KALUNI," PLUS THE 3 CROSSED SWORDS WHICH REPRESENT THE 3 CHIEFS' HEREDITARY LINES. OBTAINED IN NUKUALOFA, 1957.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu Island, Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 351570
label: USNM Number
content: E422376-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 138 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 196 cm