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: SINGLE SHEET OF REDDISH BARK CLOTH WITH DARKER RED DIAGONAL STRIPES OF VARYING WIDTHS. VERY FINE PIECE WITH NO APPARENT WATERMARK. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3521-533. CAT. 3532. ORIG. 819 - CASE 21. TAPA, SHEET OF REDDISH, DIAGONAL STRIPES OF VARIOUS WIDTHS, THIN, NO WATER MARK. HILO, HAWAII. VERY SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Per Erhardt, W. D. and N. Firnhaber. "Analysis and Identification of Oils in Hawaiian Oiled Tapa." In Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts. Ed: James Black, London: University of London, Summer School Press, 1987, pp. 223 - 227, the oils on this tapa were most likely derived from the kukui nut.
label: Notes
content: Tapa is rectangular in shape. it is quite thin overall and seems to be made in a single layer, except where joined. Tapa is made from a number of small rectangular sheets with overlapping seams. The seams have been beaten together to the point where they are nearly, and sometimes completely, invisible, making determination of the number of joined pieces impossible. Tapa (front and back) is an earth toned red/rust color and almost completely covered with applied diagonal designs on the front. The parallel diagonal lines are a darker red shaed than the background and run approximately at a 45 degree angle from the edges of the tapa. The design is made up of heavier lines 3 mm to 4 mm wide and about 0.5 cm apart. Between these are three lighter, more or less parallel lines of the same color.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3532-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 276.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 81 cm