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. 3269, ORIG. 1458. TAPA, 23" X 16'. ORIG CAT.: "CLOTH MADE OF BARK, PREPARATORY TO BEING PRINTED". (1457-64). STRIPS PASTED END TO END. WHITE TAPA, SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, JUNE 24, 1941."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1457 - 1464: "Cloth made of bark, preparatory to being printed."
label: Notes
content: Rectangular cream colored tapa with a yellow tinge; no design. Quite thin overall and seems to be made in one layer, except where joined. Made from four smaller rectangular sheets (approx. 4' x 24") which have been adhered together with overlapping seams (approx. 1"). Has original Peale number.
label: Notes
content: As of 2013, this object is stored rolled.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3269-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4.9 m
label: Width - Object
content: 1 m