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

Description (CMS Description)
Fringe and black pattern (has been cut).
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:] 'IBE KUTA (2) 61.176 b. CAKAUDROVE Province. FIJI. Oct. 55. 61.176 b' on one side and [handwritten pencil by G. K. Roth on the other:] 'Original length 6ft 6 ins' + something illegible.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Rectangular mat of soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae. Strips about 0.5 cm wide. Some sedge fibres have been dyed black and woven into the mat to create a pattern of 2 lines of chequerboard pattern. The mat has been cut along one of the short sides. The long edges are decorated with a fringe of sedge fibre formed by splitting the fibres used in the mat. Hole in the centre.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: maa