Painted Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Dec 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Harold A. Rehder
label: Donor Name
content: Harold A. Rehder
notes: label: Notes
content: BARKCLOTH WAS USED AS DRAPES AT THE HOUSE OF LARRY LANCASTER, SCIENCE MASTER AT TONGA COLLEGE, ATELE, TONGATAPU FROM 1962-1964. DESIGN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING WRITING: "KOESSOSOFALAHOLA OMELESIUILIKUT(A)BU." "KOES" (THE) "SISI" (WAIST GIRDLE) "FALAHOLA" (KIND OF PLANT) "O" (OF) "MELE" (MARY) "SIUILIKUT(A)BU" (THE DAUGHTER OF KING'S YOUNGER BROTHER). ALSO INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN ARE FLORAL & GEOMETRIC MOTIFS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Atele, Tongatapu Island, Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416131
label: USNM Number
content: E428119-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 165 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 92 cm