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: THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED T-9339 BUT HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER SINCE IT BEARS PEALE # 1417 AND E3286 WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA. Described in T number book as: "Fiji tapa cloth with black vertical and horizontal pattern."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3286-92. 1 PIECE EACH."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Long narrow tapa, has fringed edges on both long sides. The short sides are plain. Geometric and linear designs in black and reddish-brown decorate the tapa. Some ethnographic repairs (patches) appear on the reverse. There are brown stains on the reverse which do not seem to be related to the manufacturing process.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Sep 2016
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: E3286-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 625 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 43 cm