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Start Over Collection place Sumatra, Indonesia Function 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-726, described as Mat for floor of purple and natural pandanus in checkerwork; diamond design. 131 x ca. 285 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-725, described as Floor and field mat in checker woven “mansiro.” Used on top of 18-724 if you are entertaining, etc. 233 x 117 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-724, described as Floor and field mat, fringed checkerweave, of “mansiro”; “pangiriek”=place where grain is being threshed. Uses: (a) to collect rice in fields; (b) to dry rice in sunshine; (c) to underlay “lapiek rotan” (compare with 18-723). If floor is of bamboo, helps keep out wind from below. 3 m x 135 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-723, described as Floor mat, rattan; rattan strips sewn together, plaited selvage. Used on floor of houses. 132 x 198.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-727, described as Mat for floor of pandanus in checkerwork; inner rust-colored border, designs in rust and black. 110 x ca. 250 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, panels, accession number 9-15533a-c, described as Three hemmed panels; vegetable fiber, paint; spaced plain weave, stenciled or printed, brown ground, white designs; floral or fruit motives; 31 3/4 in. x 57 in. each
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Umbrella, accession number 18-755, described as wood umbrella; used at marketplace by small merchants and at ceremonies to inaugurate lineage and sibling head; to protect from sun and rain. A bag of support sticks (frame) with object, 5/17/12 A Tafoya.

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