Tapa
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, MASI. LONG NARROW BARK CLOTH FRINGED ALONG SIDES AND AT ONE END. VARIATION OF DESIGNS, SUCH AS BLACK AND WHITE ELONGATED TRIANGLES ALONGSIDE A BLACK AREA OF BROAD BANDS. THESE SECTIONS ARE DIVIDED BY RED STENCILLED AREAS. ANOTHER SECTION IS DIVIDED BY RED AND WHITE LINES INTO TRIANGLES AND DIAMOND SHAPES WITH FORK LIKE DESIGNS INSIDE. THE BORDERS ARE A WIDE BAND OF RED CROSS-HATCHING. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86, AND SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89, AS PART OF THE COSTUME OFTHE FIJIAN "RIBBON MAN."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3286-92. 1 PIECE EACH."
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 is made from beaten bark. Six joins have been made simply by overlapping the ends of each section and beating them together. Geometric designs have been stenciled and rubbed on one side in red and black pigments, probably a red clay and a carbon black from burned candlenuts (Aleurites moluccana)? Binder may be a juice from the inner bark of the candlenut tree? Reference: Kooijman, Simon, 1972 "Tapa in Polynesia," The Bishop Museum Bulletin 234: 1 - 494.
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: E3291-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1123 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 59.7 cm