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: LENGTH OF WHITE TAPA WITH RUBBED ON "UPETI" (design board or tablet) DESIGN OUTLINED WITH PAINTED BLACK LINES AND INTERSPERSED WITH DARK BROWN DOTS. THE PIECE HAS TWO FAIRLY WIDE WHITE BORDERS, ONE BORDER AT THE EDGE BEARING AN ASTERISK DESIGN. WRITTEN ON BARK CLOTH, "BLACK TRUNK - L - ORNTH DPT". (THE ORNITHOLOGY DEPT WAS HEADED BY TITIAN PEALE). EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIG. LABEL: "BLACK TRUNK L, ORNTH. DEPT." SAMPLE TAKEN BY MR. K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41, WHO ALSO GAVE US THE ABOVE INFORMATION."
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: E3424-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 201 cm