Tie Made From Barkcloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jan 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2014
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
notes: label: Notes
content: A man's necktie made from bark cloth and painted with various designs, including a spiral, a Tongan flag, and a map showing Tonga and New Zealand. It has short lengths of elastic attached to the top. The tie was purchased by Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, NMNH Curator of Ethnology, in November 2014, at the "Festival Des Tapa, Lien Culturel D'Oceanie" international symposium in Tahiti, from the Tongan delegation that participated in the demonstration portion of the conference.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, Tonga / France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071952
label: USNM Number
content: E434506-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necktie
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 50.5 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 9.5 cm