Accession No
1978.114
Description
Sleeping Mat; Mat - With sedge fringe.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
Calvert, M G (Miss) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1978.114
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Leaf
Local Term
Ibe kuta [Fijian Art research project]
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A modern rectangular cream label attached to the edge of the mat reads [handwritten in black ink:] '78.114 FIJI' on one side. 'Sleeping mat (sedge) Sigatoka area. D. Miss G. Calvert. 1978.'
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
With sedge fringe.
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Large ?sleeping mat woven from soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae. Strips about 0.7 cm wide. Along the long sides, the mat is provided with a long fringe made from the splitting of the kuta fibre into thinner strips. Along the short sides, the fibres are folded back into the matting.
Event Date 14/1/2014
Author: maa
FM:80209
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