Bark Cloth 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: "3618-24. CAT.NO. 3619 ORIG. NO. 1440."
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: Long, narrow light-colored barkcloth decorated using reddish-brown and black colors in solids, stripes and stencils of huts. Long edge border has reddish-brown stripes. Fringed edges are short ends. Has original Peale # label.
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: 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: E3619-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1265 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 68.5 cm