Wearing 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: LONG, NARROW, PANDANUS MAT MADE OF PLAIN PLAITED WEAVING EMPLOYING TWO SHADES OF LIGHTER AND DARKER TAN TO FORM CHECKER BOARD PATTERN. IT IS FOLDED DOWN THE CENTER WHICH IS FRINGED, AND WHERE THERE IS AN OPENING FOR THE HEAD. FRAGMENT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG "66-"; TAG ATTACHED TO MAT READS, "U.S. EX EX 662, 3743 KINGSMILL IS., MATTING WORN AROUND THE WAIST". PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATED IN THE "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, CHARLES WILKES, 1845, VOL. V, P. 82.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW STRIP LIKE A BELT, WITH A NARROW FRINGE BUT WITH A SLIT IN THE CENTER TO BE WORN LIKE A PONCHO. OVER THE SHOULDERS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 662 as "Mat worn over the shoulders, like a Peruvian poncho, by the Kingsmill Islanders."
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: E3743-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 120 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm