Bark Cloth
97-120-708
From: Polynesia | Hawaiian Islands (uncertain) | Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-708 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Polynesian | Hawaiian (uncertain) | Tahitian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Polynesia | Hawaiian Islands (uncertain) | Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Date Made | 1839 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth |
| Technique | Beaten |
| Description | Label: “Made by female convicts, without printing.” Natural color, undecorated. Straight beater marks in the center, triangular beater marks at the edges. Acquired during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by Titian R. Peale. “Tapa cloth table cover.” on Peale list. Likely used as table cloth shipboard during the expedition. |
| Length | 539 cm |
| Width | 214 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-708 - Old Museum Number | 10578 - ANSP Number |
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