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: LARGE LAUAN STYLE BARK CLOTH WITH FOUR SECTIONS OF RUBBED ON DESIGNS USING TWO DIFFERENT "UPETI" BOARDS. THE RUBBED ON DESIGNS ARE EMBELLISHED WITH OUTLINING OF TRIANGULAR AND DIAMOND MOTIFS AND DARK SOLID CIRCLES. THE PIECE IS BORDERED ON TWO SIDES WITH SERIES OF STENCILLED DESIGNS DONE IN BLACK. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2951-57a]: " 2951-57. CAT. NO. 2957, ORIG. NO. 1019."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2957]: "BLACK FIJI-LIKE BORDER, CENTRAL PORTION BROWN WITH GLAZED REDDISH BROWN LINES AND DOTS. NO FRINGE. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE."
label: Notes
content: Large rectangular thin tapa of medium texture made from approximately 30 sections of rectangularly shaped smaller pieces of tapa, presumably adhered together with arrowroot (per Curator for Oceania Ethnology Adrienne Kaeppler) This piecing is visible on the back side. The adhered pieces are of varying dimensions. Tapa is almost completely covered with applied designs on front. Large central design is a light brown fine linear repeating pattern of parallel short lines in various configurations, probably applied with a pattern board. This design has a more Samoan influence? Narrow dark shiny (glazed) applied lines define the central design into repeating large rectangles, and additional lines form large repeating diamonds and triangles. Additional design elements include dark brown circles. The wide decorative borders on the short sides (31 inches wide) have fine linear patterns in black and dark red made from multiple stenciled designs. These are more Fijian in design.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lau Islands, 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: E2957-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 625 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 312 cm