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 TWILLED MAT MADE OF CHECKERWORK PLAITING, EMPLOYING THIN STRIPS OF LIGHT BROWN AND UNDYED PANDANUS. ONE HALF OF THE MAT HAS DIAGONAL SECTIONS OF DARK BROWN CHECKERWORK AND TWILL PLAITING FORMING STRIPES AND HERRINGBONE DESIGNS. A SMALL (3 CM. LONG) PURPLE SEA SHELL WAS FOUND INSIDE OF THE ROLLED MAT. THIS MAT HAS TWO ORIGINAL PEALE TAGS, #1831 AND #1826, BUT IT IS LISTED IN THE OLD LEDGER AS HAVING #1831. PRESUMABLY THE SECOND TAG WAS AFFIXED AT A LATER DATE.
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: E3260-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 208 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83.5 cm