Bark Cloth
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: SMALL RECTANGULAR PIECE OF THICK UNWATERMARKED MUSTARD YELLOW COLORED BARK CLOTH DECORATED WITH BLACK DIAGONAL LINES AND DOTS AND FLOWER-LIKE PATTERNS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A DETACHED TAG READS, "3492-3 FIGURED MATS OF NATIVE CLOTH SANDWICH ISL".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THICK UNWATER, MARKED TAPA. ORIG. LABEL FOR A GROUP OF THESE READ" 838-46 TAPA CLOTH MADE OF BARK; PRINTED AND COLORED IMITATION OF FOREIGN PATTERNS BY NATIVES OF KAUAI, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS"-INFORMATION RECORDED BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUS. 6/24/41. PATTERN HAS A BORDER FILLED WITH DOTS, A SIMILAR SQUARE OF DOTS WITH DIAGONALS OF THE SAME, AND IN EACH TRIANGLE OF THE SQUARE THUS FORMED 3 STAMPED RADIATE DESIGNS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue for numbers 838 to 846 identifies them as "Tapa," cloth made of bark; printed and colored in imitation of foreign patterns by natives of Kauai, Hawaiian Islands."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kauai (Kauaʻi) Island, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3492-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.5 cm