Cotton Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joseph P. Couthouy
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL PIECE OF HOME SPUN, STRIPED, COTTON CLOTH, IN SOMEWHAT RAGGED CONDITION, HAS A TWISTED FRINGE ALONG ONE SIDE. THE COLORS OF THE STRIPES ARE NOW A VERY LIGHT BROWN AND A DIRTY CREAM COLOR. THE PIECE IS VERY FADED, AND A SMALL PIECE HAS BEEN CUT FROM ONE END. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 851 - 858 as "Cotton wool, yarn, and cloth; raised, spun and woven by native Hawaiians, under the direction of the American Missions." Anthropology catalogue ledger book indicates them as from the Seminary at Maui.
label: Notes
content: This, like other objects collected by Couthouy, may have been woven at the Wailuku Female Seminary for Hawaiian Girls, run by the Reverend Jonathan Smith Green and his wife Theodosia starting in 1837, and located in Wailuku, Maui. Edward Bailey and his wife Caroline later took over the running of the Wailuku Female Seminary.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Wailuku (not certain), Maui Island (not certain), Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: 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: E3498-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 92.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38 cm