Bedding
97-120-587
From: Samoa Islands | Upolu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-587 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands | Upolu |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment | Glaze |
| Description | Pasted layers of bark cloth (Kaeppler). Blocks of black and brown color. Oiled. Made of paper mulberry (Broussonetia sp.). Sleeping tapa (kapa moe). Acquired during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by Titian R. Peale. “Tapa bed curtain, made of bark.” on Peale list. |
| Length | 257 cm |
| Width | 252 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-587 - Old Museum Number | 10619 - ANSP Number |
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