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: FINELY WOVEN MAT MADE OF SIMPLE CHECKERWORK PLAITING, USING UNDYED PANDANUS STRIPS. THE BORDERS ARE FINISHED WITH PLAIN EDGES. ON ONE SIDE OF THE MAT IS WRITTEN "3777 TUINAKA PAUMOTU" ON THE OTHER IS "3264". ANOTHER MAT HAS THE CATALOGUE NUMBER #3777 AND ITS CORRESPONDING PEALE NUMBER OF 707 AND IS IN FACT A MAT FROM TUINAKA OR REID ISLAND. THE 3264 CATALOGUE NUMBER IS THE CORRECT ONE.
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: 2 Dec 2014
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: E3264-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 201.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 99 cm