Accession No
TEMP.00001
Description
Square mat, with the rounded corners typical of the Marshall Islands. Woven from pandanus and plant fibre. A small red feather was found lodged in the back of the mat. The centre of the mat is undecorated. A wide decorated border with black linear geometric shapes is bordered on each side by a band of red and white arrow motifs.
Place
Oceania; Micronesia; Marshall Islands
Period
Source
?von Hügel, Anatole [Baron]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00001; O.XXVIII.2.H
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Feather; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
870mm x 2mm x 860mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Rectangular yellow label found with the object reads (erroneously) [in blue ballpoint] 'Marshall Islands/39.221?'. Tied to this label is a rectangular metal label that reads [in white ink] 'O.XXVIII.2./H.' A small white rectangular label with serrated edges and blue borders reads [in black ink] 'A v H./XXVIII./2.'
Event Date 28/3/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden
Context (Amendments / updates)
Found on long shelf I4. This mat has been given a temporary inventory number and a CMS record, so it can be traced on the system and in the store. It was previously incorrectly labelled ?39.221. That object was found in the store, clearly labelled 1939.221. The only number on this object is O.XXVIII.2.H. There appear to be no missing mats from the Marshall Islands, or missing mats from von Hugel on the CMS. Therefore they only option is to go through the Z registers to try and find a matching description and hopefully a matching von Hugel number and return its proper accession number to the object.
Event Date 28/3/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Square mat, with the rounded corners typical of the Marshall Islands. Woven from pandanus and plant fibre. A small red feather was found lodged in the back of the mat. The centre of the mat is undecorated. A wide decorated border with black linear geometric shapes is bordered on each side by a band of red and white arrow motifs.
Event Date 28/3/2014
Author: maa
FM:267566
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