Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to the surface reads: 'G.E.R To ...' [The rest of the label is torn away and illegible].
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Other owners)
(Bio) Lord Stanmore
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card reads: "Seven mats, including four oblong with coloured horizontal strips or bands."
'Accession register reads: "Seven mats, including four oblong with coloured horizontal strips or bands."
Event Date 1918
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Mat, made from woven plant fibre, which have been dyed black and varying shades of brown, with a buff background. Geometric patterns within the weave, which include large 'X' symbols and alternating bands along the width. Slight fringing, consisting of the ends of the plant fibre knotted along the edge of the mat.
Event Date 23/11/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card reads:

'1918.(E) 215 (7-13). SRI LANKA.

Seven mats, including 4 oblong with coloured horizontal stripes or bands.

Stanmore Colln. 1912'
Event Date 9/9/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
A rectangular plant fibre mat. It is woven with stripes of black, brown and natural coloured fibres, and four wide bands with a woven diamond pattern and over stitching in light coloured fibres. There is a short, knotted fringing along the two short edges.
Event Date 7/7/2023
Author: Emily Shorter