Painted Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Dec 1997
label: Collection Date
content: August 12, 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Harold A. Rehder
label: Donor Name
content: Harold A. Rehder
notes: label: Notes
content: BARKCLOTH HAS A BORDER DESIGN OF SPIKY LINES. CENTER DESIGN CONSISTS OF DIAGONAL PATTERNS ALTERNATING BETWEEN PLAIN DARK-BROWN W/ BLACK CRESCENTS & DARK LINES GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION W/ BLACK CRESCENTS. ACCORDING TO DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER, CURATOR OF OCEANIA ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE DESIGN WAS MADE FROM A DESIGN BOARD AT LANGA FONUA (WOMEN'S CLUB). DR. KAEPPLER HAS A PHOTO OF THE CARVED DESIGN BOARD. DONOR PURCHASED ITEM AT LANGA FONUA, NUKU'ALOFA, ON AUGUST 12, 1964. CONDITION: STIFF. ONE CORNER HAS UNDERLAYER SEPARATED FROM SURFACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu Island, Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416131
label: USNM Number
content: E428120-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 175 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 120 cm