Barkcloth, "siapo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1940 to 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Francis Hueber
notes: label: Notes
content: Barkcloth, made of several layers attached (pounded?) together. Painted with light and dark brown pigment. This piece and E431408 were both cut from the same larger cloth. This was a corner piece, so there are two cut edges and two natural ones. On the front, there is a border painted along two sides, with wavy lines and geometric designs. In the center are geometric and stylized floral (?) motifs. On the reverse side, the outermost layer is made of 4 rectangular segments of barkcloth that are pieced together with light-colored thread. Three of the pieces are heavily striped with dark pigment. The fourth segment has geometric designs. The whole cloth was collected during World War II, according to the donor. According to Adrienne Kaeppler, curator of Oceania ethnology, this piece was probably made for sale to American soldiers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa, United States, 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: 2029764
label: USNM Number
content: E431407-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 133 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 85.5 cm