Boat Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Apr 1939
label: Collection Date
content: 1825
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Theodore Glover
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William S. Carroll
notes: label: Notes
content: On April 19, 1939, Mrs. Carroll gifted one sennit fiber, check-weave boat mat formerly owned by King Kamehameha I to the Smithsonian. The mat, presented around 1825 by a chieftess to Mrs. Carroll's uncle, Captain Theodore Glover, was in poor condition by the time it reached the Smithsonian's collections. (See National Encyclopedia of American Biographers & AF)
label: Notes
content: From card: "Sennit fiber boat mat formerly the possession of Kamehameha I, (1770?), King of the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii], made from strips woven by retainers. Presented by a Chiefess to Captain Theodore Glover about 1825, uncle of the donor. Fine checker weave. In poor condition."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 152129
label: USNM Number
content: E380185-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat