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: PEALE NO. 1004. BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND WITH TWO WIDE REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS, AND A CENTRAL PORTION IN A LARGE CHECKER-BOARD DESIGN WITH SQUARES RANGING 25 CM. X 23 CM. IN SIZE AND PAINTED IN A LIGHT BROWN AND BLACK. THE WATERMARK IS COARSE, AND CONSISTS OF WIDE PARALLEL LINES. AN OLD GLUED ON SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18-1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: Tapa E3439 appears to have been misnumbered 3429 at one point, as the card for 3423-3431 has a section describing tapa Peale number 1004, calling it 3429; this description follows: "Orig. 1004. Tapa, heavy, coarse, large black & brown squares, glazed. 66" x 104". Orig. label pasted on: Bc [sic, should be Bl] No. 1 Tapa from Samoa, Nov. 1839, Rcd. Janre [sic, should be June] 18, 1840." Squares are 7 to 8 inches across. (This data supplied by Emory, 6/24/41) - K. P. Emory"
label: Notes
content: Two layer thick bark cloth. Evident beater marks on the reverse, running horizontally, approximate spacing is .125" to .25".
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3439-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 143 cm