Grass Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1884
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "pie-chat". Illus. Fig. 210, p. 228 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identitied there: "Grass mats served as bedding, door and wall coverings, household partitions, and kneeling pads in kayaks. The decorative feathers on this mat reflect the cultural value placed on quality and beauty in even everyday objects."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 221
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=200, retrieved 9-2-2012: Grass mat, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Chugach. piirraq "grass mat" - Language: Chugach Sugpiaq (Kenai Peninsula dialect)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alexandrovski (Nanwalek), Kenai Peninsula / Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Chugach
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90463-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 133 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83.5 cm