"Iasinga" Rug Made Of Bark Of The Paper Mulberry
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 1885
label: Collection Date
content: 1885
name: label: Collector
content: King Of Samoa
label: Donor Name
content: King Malietoa
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Presented to Pres. Cleveland. A rug made of bark of the paper of mulberry, maufactured by hand of the "tamaitais" (ladies), and used on festive occasions, as an ornament around the hips and loins. As the Samoans have no machines for braiding purposes, it requires a long time and much skill to finish such a rug".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jun 2016
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016754
label: USNM Number
content: E76651-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth