Basketry Mat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR PLAITED BASKETRY MAT MADE FROM PANDANUS FIBER. 1 END OF MAT HAS 41CM OF LOOSE PANDANUS TASSELS W/ COLORED FEATHERS (BLUE, RED, PURPLE) MACHINE STITCHED TO IT. OTHER END OF MAT HAS 3CM OF LOOSE PANDANUS FRINGE. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) THIS OBJECT WAS COLLECTED "FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES WITH THE WILKES COLLECTION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Samoa (Western Samoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428793-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 204 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 82 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm