Bark Cloth Poncho
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 "TIPUTA" OR PONCHO. THE CENTRAL PORTION IS PAINTED A SHINY BLACK WITH BROAD BORDERS ON TWO SIDES. THE BORDER DESIGNS CONSIST OF ALTERNATING BANDS OF RED AND BLACK WITH BANDS OF RED AND BLACK DIAMONDS IN BETWEEN. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON PONCHO, "B[ARRE]L. NO 3, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "VERY HEAVY, COARSE, 1/4" WATER-MARK, BROWN, GLAZED BLACK AND BROWN DESIGN, BLACK CENTER BOARDER, ALONG ENDS: ORIG. LABEL: "BL. NO. 3 TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839". THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE."
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3423-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 178 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 146 cm