Bark Cloth, Colored
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Edward Verry
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Secton of bark cloth with designs executed entirely in black. The decoration consists of narrow and wide bands in black. The broad, black bands are grouped in four. Has original Peale tag, and paper tag "Ex Ex collected by E. Verry". Examined and sampled by Kenneth P. Emory, Bishop Museum, June 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4388-4402. CAT. 4392. ORIG. NO. 1430. TAPA MALO [MAN'S LOINCLOTH], 24" X 8', SOLID BLACK ON ONE SIDE. ORIG. LABEL: COLLECTED BY E. VERRY. SEEMS TO BE JUST A SECTION. CASE 26. SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, JUNE 24, 1941."
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: As of 2018, a piece of bark cloth bearing this catalogue number was located in National Museum of American History, Division of Home and Community Life (Division of Textiles), storage at the Garber facility, Building 19. The catalogue number 4392 and Peale number of 1430 are written on it in pencil in old handwriting. It may be that the NMAH piece is a part of, or related to, our piece # E4392?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4392-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 2 m
label: Length - Object
content: 266 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 77 cm