Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.215. Oceania. Fiji. Sedge mat (imbe kuta) with black pattern. Nandrau, Novosa, Nandronga and Novosa, Viti Levu, 1955. C + D G.K. Roth 1962'. [added in blue pen:] '68" x 40" + fringe, 173 cm x 102 cm'. [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)
With black pattern.
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a large cream label attached to the mat reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.215' on one side and [handwritten by G. K. Roth on the other:] 'IBE KUTA (1) Made at NADRAU, NAVOSA, N+N. 28 Oct 55'.
Event Date 27/11/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Rectangular sedge mat in natural and black (dyed). Fringed along the long side. 7 strips of sedge dyed back, forming a repeating lozenge pattern (formed by diagonal lines in opposite directions. Still very flexible. Good condition.
Event Date 27/11/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This mat was made at Nadrau on 28 October 1955 and collected by G.K. Roth around the same time according to the object label and the catalogue card.
Event Date 16/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau