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: LARGE FINELY WOVEN MAT MADE OF "MAKALOA SEDGE," DECORATED WITH WOVEN STRIPES CONTAINING SQUARES AND DIAMOND SHAPES IN A DARKER BROWN. THE OVERALL COLOR OF THE MAT IS A YELLOWISH-TAN. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. THE DESCRIPTION ON THE OLD CATALOGUE CARD DOES NOT MATCH THIS SPECIMEN AT ALL.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3505-6. GRASS. MADE OF LIGHT BROWN STRAW (ABOUT 1/4" WIDE) WOVEN INTO A MAT 18 X 23". THIS MAT IS THEN DOUBLED AND THE ENDS LACED WITH A SMALL ROPE PLAITED OF A FINE FIBRE. IN THE BOTTOM, BELOW, IS A PIECE OF PLAITED ROPE, WHICH PROBABLY SERVES TO GO AROUND THE BASKET TO KEEP IN THE CONTENTS. FROM CARD: "3506. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. (NOT USED IN EXHIBIT). RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM, 2/15/78."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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: E3506-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 245.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 156.2 cm