Tapa Sample
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Aug 1949
name: label: Collector
content: Sanford B. Dole
label: Donor Name
content: Virginia Dole
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Natural color background; decoration in transverse parallel bands black outline and stepped design, with purple background of bands."
label: Notes
content: 2 pieces stitched together (edges folded, butted together, and then whip stitched with natural fiber thread), then hand painted on the other side. Pink may be akala. Cut from larger piece. Hand stitching done with natural fibers, possibly wauke or 'olona.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 183737
label: USNM Number
content: E387316-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth