Sleeping Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: R. E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: PANDANUS MAT MADE OF PLAIN PLAITED WEAVING EMPLOYING TWO SHADES OF LIGHTER AND DARKER TAN TO FORM A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN. ALSO DIAGONAL ROWS ARE WOVEN IN REVERSE DIRECTION TO OBTAIN AN ADDITIONAL PATTERN OF SQUARES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PREVIOUSLY ON LOAN TO THE DIVISION OF NAVAL HISTORY, N.M.A.H., FOR EXHIBIT, RETURNED 1985.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3705-13. MOST OF THESE MATS ARE NARROW AND WORN AROUND THE WAIST BY THE MEN." FROM CARD: "SIMPLE WICKER WEAVE MAT, BUT DIAGONAL ROWS ABOUT 2 INCHES WIDE WOVEN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SO AS TO OBTAIN A PATTERN OF SQUARES. LOAN DIV. OF NAVAL HISTORY, MHT, MAY 19, 1965."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 663 as "Sleeping mat, used by the Kingsmill Isls."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3707-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 198 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 126 cm