Description (CMS Description)
Plain with fringed ends
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '61.176 A/B. Oceania. Fiji. 2 sedge mats Imbe kuta. Thakandrove, Vanua Levu. A = plain with fringed ends 76" x 38". B= Fringe & black pattern (has been cut) 55" x 43". C + D G.K. Roth 1955'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -6 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. [added in blue pen:] 'rolled'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 is similar to catalogue card 1.
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This mat was collected by G. K. Roth in October 1955 according to the object label.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A large cream label attached to the mat reads [handwritten in black pen:] '61.176 A MAT FIJI" on one side and [in pencil:] 'IBE KUTA (3) CAKAUDROVE Province. Oct. 55. 61.176 a'.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Rectangular ?sleeping mat of soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae. Strips about 0.5 cm wide. The long edges are decorated with a long fringe of sedge fibre, formed by splitting the fibres used in the mat. Good condition. Original Fijian folding marks still visible.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: maa