Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.277. Oceania. Fiji. Floor mat (imbe) with black patterned border and bands and fringed edges. Made of pandanus. Nairi Islands, Lomaiviti'. [added in blue pen:] '850 cm x 94 cms, 73 ins x 37 ins+ fringe'. [in black pen:] 'C & D G.K. Roth 1962'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -9 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 9/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
With black patterned border and bands and fringed edges. Of pandanus.
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (CMS Description)
Oblong shaped mat of pandanus with a fringe border all the way around. The edges of the mat near the fringe border sport a band of black pandanus triangles, each triangle made up of 4 black strips. The triangles are arranged alternately in a top to tail pattern. Two oblong bands of black and yellow pandanus run parallel across the body of the mat. Each band is made up of squares, and within each square several geometric shapes can be discerned including triangles and diamonds. Each triangle is the exact opposite to the next in terms of the distribution of black/yellow coloured pandanus. The mat was very tightly wrapped, generally in good condition although the fringe is very fragile. One half of the mat is severely discoloured as a result of old display.
Event Date 28/4/2014
Author: maa