Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FINELY WOVEN MAT MADE OF SINGLE CHECKERWORK PLAITING, USING UNDYED PANDANUS STRIPS. THE BORDERS ARE FINISHED WITH PLAIN EDGES. THIS MAT IS EXTREMELY BRITTLE AND DIRTY. MARKS> OLD SEWN ON PAPER TAG, "BUNDLE NO. 16, 4 MATS PORPOISE [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition] RECD JUNE 18, 1840." THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1824 - 1840 as "Mats made of cocoa palm leaves, used for covering floors; the finer ones are made of pandanus leaves, and are used for sleeping on."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3267-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 194 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 115 cm