Treaty Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Albert B. Steinberger
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Albert B. Steinberger
notes: label: Notes
content: Catalog numbers 19388 and 19389 are a type of mat that is very important to the Samoans. In a letter by Steinberger (the donor) in accession file, he talks about how they are the most valuable objects a Samoan can possess and wars are fought over them. Also when a chief's daughter is born a mat is placed in her dowry, which is then the most valuable part of her dowry.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003313
label: USNM Number
content: E19389-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat