Barkcloth, "siapo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1940 to 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Francis Hueber
notes: label: Notes
content: Barkcloth, made of several layers pounded together. Painted with light and dark brown pigment. This piece and E431408 were both cut from the same larger cloth. This was an edge piece, so there are three cut edges and one natural edge. On the front, there is a border painted along one side, with wavy lines and geometric designs. In the central area, there is a 48-star American flag, and stylized floral (?) motifs similar to those on E431407. On the reverse side, the outermost layer is made of three rectangular segments of barkcloth that are pieced together with light-colored thread, and heavily striped with dark pigment. The whole cloth was collected during World War II, according to the donor. According to Adrienne Kaeppler, curator of Oceania ethnology, this piece was probably made for sale to American soldiers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa, United States, 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: 2029764
label: USNM Number
content: E431408-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83.5 cm