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 collected by G. K. Roth in July 1955 according to the object label.
Event Date 16/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A large cream label attached to the mat reads [handwritten in pencil:] 18 E KUTA (2). MACUATA Province. JULY 1955' and [added in black ink:] '62.278 b'. On the other side, the label reads [handwritten in pencil:] 'Original length 6 ft 0 ins. Part cut off - damaged by oil.'
Event Date 16/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Rectangular mat of soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae. Strips about 0.4 cm wide. Some sedge fibres have been dyed black and create a longitudinal pattern repeated three times: 4 interrupted lines. The long edges are decorated with a fringe of sedge fibre. One of the short edges has been cut and is very damaged along the cut line.
Event Date 16/1/2014
Author: maa