Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: MAT MADE OF CHECKWORK PLAITING, UNDYED PANDANUS STRIPS. THE BORDERS ARE MADE OF DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TWILL FINISHING ON ALL SIDES WITH BRAIDED EDGES. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1824 - 1840 as "Mats made of cocoa palm leaves, used for covering floors; the finer ones are made of pandanus leaves, and are used for sleeping on."
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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: E3322-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 217 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 167 cm