Sleeping Mat
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: FINELY WOVEN, GOLDEN COLORED, FRINGED MAT MADE OF TWILLED HYBISCUS BARK. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TAG. (NOT OLD) SAYS KINGSMILL IS., BUT ORIG. PEALE CAT: "723, 724 SLEEPING MATS, USED BY THE NATIVES OF TAHITI." MATERIAL: HISBICUS BARK? (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK SMALL SAMPLE.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3744-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 107 cm