Mat

Museum number:
18-724
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000724
Description:
Floor and field mat, fringed checkerweave, of “mansiro”; “pangiriek”=place where grain is being threshed. Uses: (a) to collect rice in fields; (b) to dry rice in sunshine; (c) to underlay “lapiek rotan” (compare with 18-723). If floor is of bamboo, helps keep out wind from below. 3 m x 135 cm.
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Sumatra
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-724, described as Floor and field mat, fringed checkerweave, of “mansiro”; “pangiriek”=place where grain is being threshed. Uses: (a) to collect rice in fields; (b) to dry rice in sunshine; (c) to underlay “lapiek rotan” (compare with 18-723). If floor is of bamboo, helps keep out wind from below. 3 m x 135 cm.

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