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: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND MOSTLY BLACK WITH FOUR LINES OF BROWN TRIANGLES IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE CLOTH AND BORDERS ON TWO SIDES CONSISTING OF BROWN AND BLACK TRIANGLES. THIS BARK CLOTH HAD A RATHER LARGE PIECE CUT OUT OF IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN LOCATED AND SHOULD BE REATTACHED [done during conservation treatment in 2012; see note below]. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1/4" WATER MARK. GLAZED BLACK ON ONE SIDE. NO FRINGE. ORIG. LABEL: "B1. NO. 1, TAPAS FROM SAMOA, NOV, 1839, RECD. JAN 18, 1840, VIA BOSTON)". OCCASIONAL RED BROWN TRIANGLES THOUGHOUT BLACK CENTRAL MASS. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY. 6/24/41. VERY SMALL SAMPLE ALSO TAKEN BY MR. EMORY." FROM CARD: "2951-57. CAT. NO. 2953, ORIG. NO. 1023."
label: Notes
content: E2953 was in two pieces but is now repaired and is a single object again.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2953-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 183 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 138 cm