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: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND IN A LIGHT REDDISH- TAN WITH BLACK GEOMETRIC DESIGNS OF DIAMONDS AND TRIANGLES DONE IN THREE ROWS, ONE NARROW ONE DOWN THE CENTER AND TWO WIDER ONES DOWN THE BORDERS. THE BORDERS HAVE DARK SOLID CIRCLES WITHIN THE TRIANGULAR FORMS AND THE CENTRAL UNDECORATED PORTION HAS VARIOUS DARKER LINES PAINTED. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARREL]L NO 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". THERE IS AN OLD CATALOGUE CARD FOR THIS NUMBER DESCRIBING A BOW AND ARROWS. THIS IS IN ERROR AND SHOULD BE CHANGED.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PER PEALE CATALOG, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TAPA CLOTH, NOT BOW & ARROW. TAPA CLOTH WITH THIS CAT. AND ORIG. NUMBER WAS FOUND 10/1981 LLE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2948-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 210 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 193 cm