Mat

Museum number:
2-1655
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used on sleeping benches, for wrapping around bedding; now frequently serve as curtains to partition off the corners of a room or sleeping platform. Small mats are placed also in the manholes of kaiaks to serve as seats.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 160 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson pp. 202-3 & Pl. LXXIV, Fig. 15.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-1655, described as Mat of woven grass, round, blue cotton tread used in the outer last few rows, visible on wrong side of mat only.

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