Waist Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3705-13. MOST OF THESE MATS ARE NARROW AND WORN AROUND THE WAIST BY THE MEN." FROM CARD: "BOWDITCH (FAKAAOFO), TOKELAUS. NARROW MALO TYPE. 10.5" WIDE, LIGHT SPLIT PANDANUS, 5" HIBISCUS BARK FRINGE ALONG EACH LONG EDGE, 1' 5" FRINGE OF SAME MATERIAL, EACH END 7' 5" LONG-BLACK DESIGN RUNNING LENGTH, DOUBLES LINES FRINGE ALONG EDGES CLIPPED FOR 5" LEFT ALONG FOR 5", THEREFORE BUNCHED. (PHOTO ON BACK)."
label: Notes
content: Catalogue card identifies this as Peale # 625, but that is incorrect, as 625 is a bead necklace, Catalogue # E3665. It is unclear if this object is a Wilkes/U.S. Exploring Expedition piece or not, as Jane Walsh has not identified a Peale number for it.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3708-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat