Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: MAT MADE OF SIMPLE CHECKERWORK PLAITING, USING UNDYED PANDANUS STRIPS. THE BORDERS ALONG TWO SIDES ARE FINISHED WITH BRAIDED EDGES AND A 4.5 CM. TWILLED BORDER. MARKS> OLD SEWN ON PAPER LABEL, "BL [BUNDLE] NO. 25 PORPOISE [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition] 1 MAT FROM FILONGA FIJI". THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1824 - 1840 as "Mats made of cocoa palm leaves, used for covering floors; the finer ones are made of pandanus leaves, and are used for sleeping on."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3263-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 270 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 168 cm