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: PAINTED BARK CLOTH PONCHO WITH LARGE SQUARE CUT OUT OF CENTER. THE PONCHO IS LIGHT YELLOWISH-BROWN WITH THREE BANDS OF BLACK DIAMONDS PAINTED ACROSS IT AND THE AREAS IN BETWEEN ARE INTERSPERSED WITH SHORTER DIAGONAL LINES OF BLACK DIAMONDS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD LABEL "B[ARRE]L NO 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV. 1839, RECD JUNE 18, 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EMORY MAINLY TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLES, BUT SOME OTHER PIECES HAVE HAD LARGE PORTIONS CUT AWAY. THESE ALL SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CUT FOR PURPOSES OF SAMPLING FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE DIVISION OF TEXTILES, N.M.A.H.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CAT. 3426. EX. CASE 34. LEFT HALF, BOTTOM ROW."
label: Notes
content: Barkcloth poncho. A stiff, decorated bark cloth made up of two layers pasted together and having been glazed. The beater marks are parallel impressed on back, also visible on front.
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3426-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 153.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 107 cm