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: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREE HAND WITH CENTRAL SECTION BLACK WITH WIDE REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS. THERE IS A LARGE STREAK OF LIGHTER BROWN COLOR IN THE CENTER. THE WATERMARK IS A WIDE STRIPE. HAS PART OF AN ORIGINAL PEALE TAG SHOWING "102-"; ALSO AN OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2951-57a]: "CAT. NO. 2956, ORIG. NO. 1020."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2956]: "GLAZED. B1. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, RECD. JAN. 18, 1840, VIA BOSTON." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41, AND MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK SAMPLE.)"
label: Notes
content: Rectangular piece of coarse bark cloth with a decorated and glazed surface on the top side. There are dark burgundy colored blocks of colorant on either end and a large block of black colorant in the center with faint evidence of line decoration (made with a pattern or design board) running widthwise across the block. In the center of the black area there is a large oval of a later application of a matte rust-colored colorant, which appears repair-like but of unknown purpose. All edges are uneven and wavering. One corner appears cut as if a small triangular piece was removed (presumably the Emory sample mentioned on the catalogue card).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2956-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 258 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 157 cm