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. TAPA, KILT? FIJI. ORNAMENTED BLACK, BROWN AND REDDISH BROWN. 34" X 14'4". (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
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: Tapa of medium weight and beige color. Designs applied with stencils in pattern of oblong, diamond and triangular shapes withe reddish-brown, dark brow and black colors. There are fringes on both long sides of the tapa cloth.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lomaloma (not certain), Vanua Balavu Island (not certain) / Lomaloma (not certain), Lau Islands (not certain), 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: E3618-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 86 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 4.37 m
label: Length - Object
content: 445 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 95 cm