Basket Of Straw 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: FROM CARD: "LOCALITY GIVEN BY J. GUIART 12/8/64 IS AREA OF MAEWO. NORTHERN NEW HEBRIDES."
label: Notes
content: May be Peale # 720. Plaited bag; monochromatic, undyed fiber, fine gauge. Twill, in several different patterns. Fringe of wide fibers around bottom. 7 braids (83 cm. long) of sennit: at base of each braid, braid separates into 7 smaller braids attached to rim of bag. Bag lies flat but base expands to 41.5 cm. x 20 cm..
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 720 as "Bag made by the natives of the Paumotu Islands?"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
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: E3638-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm