Mat

Museum number:
11-39438
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110039438
Description:
Mat; fine, fringe on 4 edges, 2 edges very sparsely fringed, one edge plain fringe, and other edge has end of plaiting serrated and decorated above with wider grass and red and brown feathers sewn on; signed “Lotomana Falleo”
Collection place:
Manu'a Islands, American Samoa
Verbatim coll. place:
Manu'a Island group, American Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 11-39438, described as Mat; fine, fringe on 4 edges, 2 edges very sparsely fringed, one edge plain fringe, and other edge has end of plaiting serrated and decorated above with wider grass and red and brown feathers sewn on; signed “Lotomana Falleo”

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