Mat

Museum number:
2-4533
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004533
Alternate number:
x-679 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used on sleeping benches, for wrapping around bedding; now frequently serve as curtains to partition off the corners of a room or sleeping platform. Small mats are placed also in the manholes of kaiaks to serve as seats.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 80 centimeters and length 80 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson pp. 202-3 & Pl. LXXIV, Fig. 15.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-4533, described as Mat of twined grass, curved at one end but straight edged at the opposite end. Half-oval shape, truncated on one side.

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