Accession No
Z 30947
Description
Mat; Mat (part of) - Part of a mat of woven soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae, straw yellow in colour. The mat is cut on three sides and three of the sides have been folded in. There are four very small rectangular cut outs, which might indicate that this piece was previously decorating the back of a case and four objects were mounted on it.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 30947
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Leaf
Local Term
Ibe kuta [Fijian Art research project]
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: No label or inscriptions. IDNO taken from the bag in which the object used to be kept.
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 30947. MELANESIA. FIJI. A small piece of sedge matting taken from a board where it was used as backing material for a display.' A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Part of a mat of woven soft sedge (Kuta), Elaeocharis plantaginea, Cyperaceae, straw yellow in colour. The mat is cut on three sides and three of the sides have been folded in. There are four very small rectangular cut outs, which might indicate that this piece was previously decorating the back of a case and four objects were mounted on it.
Event Date 29/1/2014
Author: maa
FM:267443
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