Mat

Museum number:
2-61640
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061640
Accession number:
Acc.2635
Description:
Mat of twined grass.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Grass mats are used on the sleeping benches and for wrapping around bedding. They are also used as sails for kayaks, and formerly were utlilized as sails for umiaks. They now frequently serve as curtains to partition off the corners of a room etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 1.16 centimeters and length 73 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, The Eskimo About the Bering Strait, pg. 202 and Pl. LXXIV: 15.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-61640, described as Mat of twined grass.

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