Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.278 a&b. Oceania. Fiji. A= Sedge mat (imbe kuta) with black patterned bands. Nandra, Novosa, Nandronga & Novosa, Viti Levu, 1955'. [added in blue pen:] '72 " x 33", 183 cm x 84 cm + fringe'. [in black pen:] 'B= Sedge mat (imbe kuta) with black patterned bands. Mathuata, Vanua Levu 1955'. [added in blue pen:] '50" x 47", 127 cm x 109 cm + 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 bands.
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This mat was made on 28 October 1955 and collected by G. K. Roth 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 pencil:]
'62.278 A. IBE KUTA (2). Made at Nadrau, Navosa N + N. 28 Oct. 55.' on one side. On the other side [handwritten in black ink:] '62.278' a inscribed on the mat in black ink.
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 x two black longitudinal lines enclosing small diagonal lines. The long edges are decorated with a fringe of sedge fibre.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: maa