Tapa 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: "TAPA MALO [MAN'S LOINCLOTH], TYPICAL. (INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41)."
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: Long, narrow bark cloth decorated mostly in black sections of lines which are separated by red bands. The black sections have four broad bands, which run horizontally and vertically depending on the section of the cloth. The borders are wide red sections. There is cut, dentate fringe at both ends. Has original Peale # label. Exhibited Magnificent Voyagers, National Museum of Natural History, 1985-86. Examined by Kenneth P. Emory, Bishop Museum, June 1941.
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: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain) / Fiji (not certain), Polynesia (not certain) / Melanesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4974-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 926.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34 cm