Ceremonial mat, "o-kita-orun-pe"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Mat made of dried reeds twined together with cotton (?) string. Strips of red and black cloth are woven in as supplementary wefts to make diamond and stripe pattern. String attached to one end (for hanging?) According to Chisato Dubreuil, the mat was attached to the front of the outdoor altar (nusa), which displays the offerings to the gods. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People", using the traditional Ainu standing loom "itese-ni".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430740-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 99.3 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 275.5 cm