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 OVER MAINLY LIGHT REDDISH-BROWN SURFACE WITH DARKER REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN BLACK LINES AND TRIANGLES. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE TAPA HAS BLACK OUTLINED DESIGNS IN THE SHAPE OF TRIANGLES AND HOUR GLASS MOTIFS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L. NO. 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18, 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN NMNH PACIFIC CULTURES EXHIBIT HALL 8, CASE 9, FROM 1962 - 2005. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GLAZED REDDISH BROWN ALL OVER ONE SURFACE, WITH ISOLATED BLACK DESIGNS. SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY. (ALL ABOVE INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, HONOLULU, 6/24/41.)"
label: Notes
content: Large square sheet of bark cloth made in two distinct layers. Front is covered with a brown glaze and freehand design in black over the glaze. Reverse has distinct parallel indented lines, occasionally crossing over. Native repairs to branch holes visible throughout. Very fine sand embedded into cloth in one area. One corner cut off.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
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: E3442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 216 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 214 cm