Fine Mat "'Ietoga"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1914
name: label: Collector
content: Commodore C. D. Stearns
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: PLAITED PANDANUS MAT WITH RED (PROBABLY CHICKEN) FEATHER DECORATION MACHINE STITCHED ALONG FRINGED BORDER. RED WOOL YARN INCORPORATED IN ZIG-ZAG DESIGN ON FRONT ABOVE NAME "TAIMAGA". BACK OF MAT SHOWS PANDANUS ENDS. ATTACHED TAG READS "C.D. STEARNS, U.S.N. CAT. 287333, SAMOAN". MEMO FROM A. KAEPPLER (14 JUNE 1991) STATES "THIS IS SURELY A 19TH CENTURY PIECE". USED FOR CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tutuila Island, American Samoa, United States, 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: 387037
label: USNM Number
content: E427354-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 189 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 122 cm