Tapa Or 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: FROM CARD: "3286-92. 1 PIECE EACH." FROM CARD: "THIN WHITE, BLACK AND BROWN DESIGN STENCILED, WHITE STAR ON BLACK GROUND, TRIANGLES IN CORNER BROWN-RED, LINES BLACK, ALL ELSE BLACK. ALL INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Tapa cloth of light weight and beige colored. Decorated with stenciled pattern of geometric and floral designs, in medium-brown, dark-brown and black. The thickness of the tapa is varied. The designs are stenciled on, on one side only.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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: E3290-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 196 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 75 cm