Waist Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR MAT, FINELY WOVEN OF VERY NARROW STRIPS OF PANDANUS. TWILLED, WITH 19 WEFTS TO THE INCH. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS GILBERTS. PEALE CATALOG SAYS FROM SEARLES IS., PAUMOTU GROUP. ACCORDING TO SAUL RIESENBERG, "SEARLES WOULD BE PUKARUKA."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3705-13. MOST OF THESE MATS ARE NARROW AND WORN AROUND THE WAIST BY THE MEN. CAT. 3705. MAT. TUAMOTUS. FINE WEAVE, PANDANUS, TWILLED. BLEACHED WHITE, AS ALSO OTHERS. SIMILAR TO 3747 BUT 19 WEFTS TO THE INCH. 24.5" X 36". (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). FROM CARD: "WAIST MAT. ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS GILBERTS, PEALE CATALOG SAYS "MATS MADE OF PANDANUS LEAVES AND WORN AROUND THE WAIST BY THE NATIVES OF SEARLES IS. PAUMOTU GROUP." SEARLES WOULD BE PUKARUKA. FINE WEAVE, PANDANUS, TWILLED. BLEACHED WHITE. SIMILAR TO 3747 BUT 19 WEFTS TO THE INCH. 24.5 X 36"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pukarua Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3705-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 91 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 57 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 62.5 cm