Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '61-173 A/B. Oceania. Fiji. 2 mats made from sedge. Imbe Kuta. A. with double fringe from Navuniero, Bua, Vanua Levu. 75" x 43 1/2". B. with black diagonal pattern, Bua, Vanua Levu, 78" x 36". C&D by G.K. Roth 1957.' [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -6 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. [at the back:] 'Inner bark used for binding etc.'
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '61-173 A/B. Oceania. Fiji. 2 mats made from sedge. Imbe Kuta. A. with double fringe from Navuniero, Bua, Vanua Levu. B. with black diagonal pattern, Bua, Vanua Levu. C&D by G.K. Roth 1957.'
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Mat with black diagonal pattern
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Mat woven from soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae. Some strips have been dyed in black and and form a pattern of decorative diagonal lines. Long fringe around the edges. Very good condition but needs to be relaxed.
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This mat was collected by G. K. Roth in November 1957 according to the object label.
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels and inscriptions: A large modern label attached to a corner reads [handwritten in ink:] '61.173 B FIJI.' on one side and [in pencil:] 'Kuta mat. Bua. Nov. 57.'
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau