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: PAINTED BARK CLOTH IN THE SHAPE OF A PONCHO, BUT WITHOUT THE HOLE FOR THE HEAD. THE CENTRAL PORTION IS A GLOSSY BLACK WITH TWO WIDE REDDISH BROWN BORDERS. AT THE EDGES OF THE BLACK SECTION ARE SOME PAINTED TRIANGLES AND CIRCLES IN THE REDDISH BROWN. THE REVERSE HAS A DEEPLY INDENTED RIBBED TEXTURE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD LABEL "B[ARRE]L NO 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOVB. 1839 RECD JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TAPA, GLAZED. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
label: Notes
content: Tapa has linear beater marks, parallel to each other, extending length of tapa.
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: E3427-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 205 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 185.5 cm