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: THIS IS A VERY LONG FIJIAN "MASI" BARKCLOTH MADE FROM INNER BARK OF PAPER MULBERRY PLANT(BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA), WHICH HAS BEEN DECORATED WITH STENCILS AND LINED ROLLERS. THE BASIC DESIGN IS DONE IN RED AND BLACK OVER WHITE BARK CLOTH, DARK GREY AND BLACK LINES, AND WHITE AREAS WITH RED AND BLACK NARROW LINES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86, AND WITH SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89, AS PART OF THE "RIBBON MAN" COSTUME. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41. SUPPOSED TO BE SAMOAN, PER PEALE CATALOG."
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Notes
content: This object was on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jul 2024
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: E2979-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3068 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 57 cm