Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Object has been attributed to the U.S. Exploring Expedition, but Jane Walsh doubts that attribution, as no Peale number has been identified for it.
label: Notes
content: Thin, lacey, white bark cloth, with many branch holes. Appears to have been made from one tree bast layer, per Moana Eisele and Bernice Akamine, Hawaiian tapa/kapa makers. No decoration. It is unclear which side is the front and which is the back. Formation of the bast fibers is very visible throughout.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3528-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 226 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 94 cm