Object Details
- Donor Name
- United States Exploring Expedition
- FINELY WOVEN, CHECKER PLAITED, PANDANUS MAT WITH FRINGE AT TWO SIDES. RED THREAD IS WOUND ON A STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER AND ATTACHED TO THE FRINGE PORTION OF THE MAT. THE FRINGE IS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 CM. LONG. THE PANDANUS STRANDS ARE 2 MM. IN WIDTH. THERE IS A SMALL HOLE IN THE MAT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE.
- Peale catalogue identifies # 975 - 986 as ""Ie tana" [probably should be taua]. or fine mat made of a kind of rush like the papyrus, and worn by the Samoan women on festivals. They are valued highly - costing much time and labor to make them." The more current general term for the fine mat is 'ie toga.
- On p. 15 of National Institute for the Promotion of Science, W. (1855). A popular catalogue of the extraordinary curiosities in the National Institute, arranged in the building belonging to the Patent Office. Washington: A. Hunter, Peale # 975 is identified as "Fine mat worn by a woman of high rank."
- Record Last Modified
- 30 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Samoan
- Accession Date
- 1858
- Collection Date
- 1838 to 1842
- Accession Number
- 66A00050
- USNM Number
- E3340-0
- Object Type
- Mat
- Length - Object
- 190 cm
- Width - Object
- 140 cm
- Place
- American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8397480
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/372e4e7ca-3847-47cd-9f3a-26efd244d964
