Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: James N. Sheaf
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE SHEET OF FAIRLY COARSE, WHITE, UNDECORATED BARK CLOTH. THE CLOTH HAS A WIDE PARALLEL LINE WATERMARK. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EMORY NOTED THAT IT WAS DOUBTFUL THAT THIS PIECE WAS SAMOAN, SINCE IT SEEMED TOO COARSE.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2959-69. CAT.# 2968, ORIG.# 1044. TAPA, LARGE SHEET OF PLAIN WHITE. HAWAII?* *WATER MARKED. SAMPLES TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: FROM SECOND CARD 2968: "TAPA. LARGE SHEET, PLAIN WHITE, WATER MARKED. SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMERY-. MARKED SAMOA, PROBABLY HAWAII - K. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Identified as not typical Samoan by Regina Meredith of American Samoa, siapo (tapa) maker, artist, and teacher, 7-11-2013.
label: Notes
content: Large rectangular piece of plain (beige colored) tapa, suspected to be made from breadfruit (per Adrienne Kaeppler, Curator for Oceania Ethnology). Tapa is not decorated in any way with no discernible difference between top side or back side. It is stiff to the touch and this is believed to be due to the breadfruit fiber used to make it.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain) / Hawaii (Hawaiʻi) (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan (?)
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: E2968-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 537 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 197.5 cm