Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, NARROW, WHITE BARK CLOTH, UNDECORATED EXCEPT FOR A FRINGE WHICH IS CUT IN A ZIG-ZAG PATTERN ALONG THE SIDES. BOTH ENDS OF THIS PIECE HAVE BEEN CUT, LEAVING NO FRINGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD 2972-76: "CAT. 2974. ORIG. 1052. TAPA, 21" X 18' 8.5", SAMOA. PLAIN WHITE, FINE TEXTURE. VERY SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Long rectangular tapa with fringe cut into the top and bottom edges. There is no applied decoration. Tapa appears to be one layer and is composed of four pieces overlapped and beaten together. There are some very thinly beaten sections, and an overall wave-like grain beaten into the cloth. A sample square had been cut from the bottom left corner.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2974-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 576 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50 cm