Waist 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: WAIST MAT COMPOSED OF NATURAL YELLOW PANDANUS PLAITED FIBERS WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS DONE IN RED, AND REDDISH-ORANGE AND A BLUE-BLACK. MOST OF THE FRINGE HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS GILBERTS ISLANDS. OBJECT IN NEED OF CONSERVATION, IS VERY BRITTLE AND BREAKING ALONG FOLDS. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY K.P. EMORY, JUNE 1941. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD BY SAUL RIESENBERG, "DE PEYSTER IS NUKUFETAU, ELLICE IS.".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3705-13. MOST OF THESE MATS ARE NARROW AND WORN AROUND THE WAIST BY THE MEN." FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS GILBERTS. PEALE CATALOG SAYS "WAIST MATS WORN BY THE NATIVES OF DE PEYSTERS ISLAND, PAUMOTU GROUP." BUT DE PEYSTER IS NUKUFETAU, ELLICE IS. PHOTO ON BACK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nukufetau Atoll, Tuvalu, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuvalu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3710-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 122 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 70 cm