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 A WOVEN CHEVRON DESIGN IN A DARKER BROWN. THE OVERALL COLOR OF THE MAT IS A YELLOWISH-TAN. THE MAT IS FADED IN VARIOUS PLACES BECAUSE OF LONG EXPOSURE TO EXHIBIT LIGHTS.
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."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 May 2024
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: E3505-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Width - Rolled
content: 182 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 323.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 183 cm