Tapa Or 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: "3268-74. CAT. 3268, ORIG. 1435 TAPA MALO [loincloth]. FIJI. 16" WIDE. RELATIVELY SHORT COMPARED WITH OTHERS, AND NOT FINISHED, I.E., NO SYMMETRICAL OPPOSITE END. SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41, AND HE ALSO GAVE US THIS INFORMATION."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1435 - 1456 as "Ngatu." Bark cloth prepared for curtains by the natives of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Long narrow decorated bark cloth. Decoration consists mainly of rectangular sections of black and white set across from each other. The black sections are decorated with broad and narrow bands of black; these broad bands are grouped in sevens. The white section has black and red narrow lines. These sections are further divided by broad red bands with white star-like designs. Ends are undecorated white without fringe. Has original Peale # label.
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: 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: E3268-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 894 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm