Fine Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FINELY WOVEN, CHECKER PLAITED, PANDANUS MAT WITH FRINGE AT TWO SIDES. RED THREAD IS WOUND ON A STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER AND ATTACHED TO THE FRINGE PORTION OF THE MAT. THE FRINGE IS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 CM. LONG. THE PANDANUS STRANDS ARE 2 MM. IN WIDTH. THERE IS A SMALL HOLE IN THE MAT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 975 - 986 as ""Ie tana" [probably should be taua]. or fine mat made of a kind of rush like the papyrus, and worn by the Samoan women on festivals. They are valued highly - costing much time and labor to make them." The more current general term for the fine mat is 'ie toga.
label: Notes
content: On p. 15 of National Institute for the Promotion of Science, W. (1855). A popular catalogue of the extraordinary curiosities in the National Institute, arranged in the building belonging to the Patent Office. Washington: A. Hunter, Peale # 975 is identified as "Fine mat worn by a woman of high rank."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3340-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 140 cm