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 TWILLED MAT MADE OF CHECKERWORK PLAITING, OF NATURAL DARK BROWN DYED PANDANUS STRIPS. THE DECORATIVE PATTERN ON THE MAT CONSISTS OF THREE WIDE LIGHT TAN STRIPES AND TWO WIDE DARK BROWN STRIPES, WITH TWO NARROWER BROWN STRIPES ALONG THE BORDER. THE DARKER AREAS CONSIST OF A BROWN AND TAN HERRING BONE PATTERN.
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: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 FINE PIECE. SMALL VARIEGATED PATTERN."
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: E3323-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 127 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48.5 cm