Mat making tool

Museum number:
18-1070
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001070
Accession number:
Acc.3313
Description:
Tool: mat making tool or carved bamboo. Rectangular with blunt pointed ends. Wear marks show considerable use. Used to soften pandanus strips. Strips are pulled over edge. When used: before cut into strips, after cutting, after soaking in water and drying, before and after drying. Made by either men or women and used by women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 8 cents). Length 21 cm.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat making tool, accession number 18-1070, described as Tool: mat making tool or carved bamboo. Rectangular with blunt pointed ends. Wear marks show considerable use. Used to soften pandanus strips. Strips are pulled over edge. When used: before cut into strips, after cutting, after soaking in water and drying, before and after drying. Made by either men or women and used by women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 8 cents). Length 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat making tool, accession number 18-1070, described as Tool: mat making tool or carved bamboo. Rectangular with blunt pointed ends. Wear marks show considerable use. Used to soften pandanus strips. Strips are pulled over edge. When used: before cut into strips, after cutting, after soaking in water and drying, before and after drying. Made by either men or women and used by women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 8 cents). Length 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat making tool, accession number 18-1070, described as Tool: mat making tool or carved bamboo. Rectangular with blunt pointed ends. Wear marks show considerable use. Used to soften pandanus strips. Strips are pulled over edge. When used: before cut into strips, after cutting, after soaking in water and drying, before and after drying. Made by either men or women and used by women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 8 cents). Length 21 cm.

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