Fine 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: FINELY WOVEN, CHECKER PLAITED, PANDANUS MAT WITH FRINGE AT TWO SIDES. ORANGE AND RED WOOL YARN ATTACHED AT THE BASE OF THE FRINGE ON ONE SIDE. RED FEATHERS ARE KNOTTED ONTO A SINGLE STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER, THERE ARE THREE SUCH STRANDS ATTACHED TO THE MAT. THE STRANDS WITH FEATHERS RANGE FROM 9 TO 16 CM. IN LENGTH. THERE IS A SMALL TEAR AT ONE EDGE, WHICH IS BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 975 - 986 as ""Ie tana" [probably should be taua]. or fine mat made of a kind of rush like the papyrus, and worn by the Samoan women on festivals. They are valued highly - costing much time and labor to make them." The more current general term for the fine mat is 'ie toga.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3337-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 186 cm