Painted Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Dec 1997
label: Collection Date
content: September 25, 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Harold A. Rehder
label: Donor Name
content: Harold A. Rehder
notes: label: Notes
content: NATURAL-COLORED RECTANGULAR CLOTH HAS DECORATION RUNNING LENGTHWISE CONSISTING OF 5 MEDALLIONS FEATURING THE SAME DESIGN. EACH MEDALLION'S MAIN COMPONENT INCLUDES 4 STYLIZED FACES ARRANGED IN EQUAL DISTANCE AROUND THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE. MOUTHS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD CENTER MOTIF OF CHEVRONS. ACCORDING TO DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER, CURATOR OF OCEANIA ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THIS IS A CONTEMPORARY PIECE REPRESENTING WHAT WAS BEING MADE FOR SALE IN THE MARQUESAS IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. IT IS MADE FROM AN ATYPICAL MATERIAL, BANYAN TREE (FIG), INSTEAD OF THE USUAL PAPER MULBERRY. PURCHASED AT HANAVAVE BAY, FATU HIVA, MARQUESAS ISLANDS, ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1967.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hanavave Bay, Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Marquesan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416131
label: USNM Number
content: E428121-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 202.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 46 cm