Bark Cloth, Colored
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4388-4402. CAT. 4395. MALO [MAN'S LOINCLOTH] OR KILT. 28" X 20'. ORIG. LABEL: CURIOSITIES COLLECTED AMONG THE FIJI. BOX NO. 24 X". ENTIRELY BLACK. SAMPLE TAKEN K. P. EMORY., JUNE 24, 1941."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Tapa (Masi). Black coloring applied with rubbing techique (?), probably bamboo marker. Diamond shape design. Fringe on long edge formed by tapa cut into edge, forming occasional small fringe groupings of usually 8 fringes each.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
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: E4395-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 71 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 6 m
label: Width - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 670 cm