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. THE COLOR IS A DARK REDDISH BROWN WITH SMALL LINES OF TRIANGLES AT THE BORDERS ON TWO EDGES AND INTERSPERSED WITH TRIANGLES ARRANGED POINT TO POINT OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE CLOTH. THE REVERSE SIDE IS HEAVILY INDENTED WITH PARALLEL LINES AND A YELLOWISH TINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN OLD SHIPPING LABEL GLUED ON WHICH READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 18, 1839, RECD JUNE 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3423-3431. CAT. 3429, ORIG. 1001. TAPA, 4' 9.5" X 6'4", SHEET GLAZED REDDISH BROWN. SAMOA. ORIG. LABEL PASTED ON: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV. 1839, RECD. JUNE, 1840, VIA BOSTON." VERY SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Coarse and quite thick painted tapa or bark cloth. There are natural openings and voids in the layers that were filled during manufacturing. The colorant is a dark reddish brown with small lines of triangles at the borders on two edges and interspersed with triangle arranged point to point over the entire surface of the cloth (bow tie shapes). The reverse side is heavily embossed with parallel lines and a yellowish tint. The parallel embossed lines are running widthwise on the tapa (in the fibrous mattress). A dark glazing covers the entire obverse surface. One corner has previously been cut by Kenneth P. Emory to gather samples in 1941.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3429-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 195 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 120 cm