Tapa Garment
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Apr 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1899 to 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Charles H. Townsend
label: Collector
content: H. F. Moore
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
label: Expedition
content: Albatross Expedition / U.S. Fish Commission
label: Vessel
content: U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross"
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "White texture black and brown. Illus. P. 210, Pl. 262, Celebrations catalogue, Smithsonian Press, 1982. Loaned to Renwick 4/20/82. Returned 6/1983. [From Celebrations exhibit catalogue entry on the artifact, added to the card:] Loincloth, before 1900, bark cloth made from paper mulberry tree, pigments; 110 x 22 (279.4 x 55.9). In Fiji no material or object of special quality is reserved for leaders - unlike the custom in Hawaii, where the special feather cape exists solely for the leaders' pleasure or adornment. Instead, power and status is indicated by a vast quantity of everyday things. The greatness of a chief, for example, can be judged by his wealth of bark cloth. Although any man could wear a bark-cloth loincloth, a chief's might be hundreds of feet long. In addition, a chief often owns huge bales of bark cloth that he presents to allies or distributes among his people during marriage and funeral ceremonies."
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
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: 036365
label: USNM Number
content: E205111-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Garment