Barkcloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jun 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1888
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: DECORATED ON ONE SIDE WITH GEOMETRIC BLOCKS OF ZIGZAG DESIGNS IN RUST COLOR ON A NATURAL GROUND. ON BOTH LENGTHWISE EDGES ARE BORDERS 6" DEEP MADE UP OF ZIGZAG CUTWORK. FRAGMENTARY PAPER TAG ON OBJECT (RESEMBLING LT. WILLIAM EDWIN SAFFORD COLLECTION TAGS?): "SIAPO/TAPA FROM SAMOA MADE FROM THE BARK OF THE PAPER MULBERRY-BROUSSON-ETIA PAPYRIFERA, BEATEN WITH GROOVED MALLETS INTO THIN SHEETS AFTER SOAKING IN WATER THEN THESE THIN SHEETS SUPERIMPOSED AND STUCK TOGETHER WITH A STARCHY PASTE MADE FROM THE ROOTS OF TOCCA PIRA(?) AND STAMPED WITH RED EARTH MIXED WITH THE JUICE OF "OA" WHICH IS BISCHOFFIA JAVANICA...SAMOA 1888...USED FOR CLOTHING AND ----...IN THE HUTS OF ----....IN SAMOA BY 1888."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390913
label: USNM Number
content: E426036-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 182 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 200 cm