Mat

Museum number:
5-14962
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014962
Accession number:
Acc.4209
Description:
Mat: straw mat made from raffia palm leaves; long and narrow; fringed on two shorter edges. Mat used as money and sometimes clothing. Length 95 m. Width 54.6 cm. (fringe included).
Donor:
Laurent Bermudez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Madagascar
Verbatim coll. place:
Madagascar; Betsiko
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-14962, described as Mat: straw mat made from raffia palm leaves; long and narrow; fringed on two shorter edges. Mat used as money and sometimes clothing. Length 95 m. Width 54.6 cm. (fringe included).

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