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: SIMPLE, CHECKERWORK PLAITED MAT, MADE WITH WIDE GAUGE PANDANUS STRIPS. THE BORDER WHICH MEASURES 9.5 INCHES IN WIDTH IS COMPOSED OF FINER STRIP WEAVING AND A BRAIDED EDGE. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS KINGSMILL IS., AND MAY HAVE IN FACT BEEN CONFUSED BY PEALE WITH ORIGINAL NUMBER 663 WHICH LOOKS AS THOUGH IT MAY BE A TAHITIAN MAT. "
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MATTING FOR SLEEPING. PLAITED OF WIDE STRANDS IN THE BODY, BUT NARROW BORDER OF FINE WOVEN WORK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3740-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 259 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 173 cm