Bark Cloth "Ngatu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1960's
name: label: Collector
content: Elizabeth B. Heffernan
label: Donor Name
content: Elizabeth B. Heffernan
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSTRUCTED OF OVERLAPPING PIECES OF BEATEN, SOAKED, FELTED FIBERS. PASTED TOGETHER IN TWO LAYERS OF THICKNESS. ORNAMENTED WITH PLANT MOTIFS TOGETHER WITH "SYMBOLICALLY NAMED DESIGNS"* (ONE INCLUDING THE DATE, "1932"), IN BROWN AND BLACK ON A NATURAL BACKGROUND. USED AS A PRESENTATION PIECE AT MARRIAGES FUNERALS, AND OTHER RITUALS.IDENTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY ADRIENNE KAEPPLER, CURATOR, DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387112
label: USNM Number
content: E425645-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 210 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 190 cm