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Specimens of cloth collected in Capt. Cook's voyages to Otaheitee and the South Sea islands
- Title
- Specimens of cloth collected in Capt. Cook's voyages to Otaheitee and the South Sea islands [realia].
- Publication
- [between 1769 and 1779]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Artifact | Permit needed | Schlosser 945 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Description
- 1 album (52 tapa specimens) : some col.; 17 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bark papers (Paper) – French Polynesia – Tahiti – 18th century.
- Bark papers (Paper) – Oceania – 18th century.
- Note
- Title in ms. on p. [1].
- Album of 16 leaves, with the specimens (each ca. 2 x 7 cm.) mounted on 9 leaves; brief ms. descriptive notes in a contemporary hand on facing pages.
- "Specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captn. Cook to the southern hemisphere, given to E. Dalton by her Aunt Forbes of Dublin, 1791"--Ms. inscription on p. [3], followed by ms. introduction (p. [3-4]), in the same contemporary hand.
- Language (note)
- In case (19 cm.); title on spine: Tapa cloth.
- Call Number
- Schlosser 945
- OCLC
- NYPG91-F267
- Title
- Specimens of cloth collected in Capt. Cook's voyages to Otaheitee and the South Sea islands [realia].
- Imprint
- [between 1769 and 1779]
- Language
- In case (19 cm.); title on spine: Tapa cloth.
- Local Subject
- Tapa -- Specimens.Paper, Bark -- Early works to 1800.Paper, Bark -- Specimens.
- Research Call Number
- Schlosser 945