Bark Cloth "Kapa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1820 to 1834
name: label: Collector
content: Samuel Ruggles
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Nancy Ruggles
label: Donor Name
content: Elizabeth Rasmussen
notes: label: Notes
content: DARK CLOTH WITH LIGHT DIAMOND-SHAPED PATTERN. IMPRESSED WATERMARK MADE BY CARVED BEATER HAS LINE AND TRIANGLE SHAPE, SMALL HOLE IN ONE CORNER. ANOTHER CORNER CUT OFF.
label: Notes
content: Watermarked, diamond pattern. Kapa has three layers of color, with black as second/middle, and red as top layer. Very finely done and unusual.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400179
label: USNM Number
content: E427364-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 101 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 93.5 cm