mat
- Museum number
- Oc.7769
- Description
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Mat, large, square, of vegetable fibre, closely interwoven; one end has a short cut fringe, the other a longer fringe tied into knots. A line of short dark-brown zigzags are introduced across one end.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)-19thC(mid) (before 1860)
- Dimensions
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Length: 241 centimetres
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Width: 207 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Original label reads: I of Rotumah obtained by the donor. Pres. by C.F. Wood Esq 8.3.1872
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Acquisition notes
- Charles. F. Wood donated artefacts to the British Museum in 1872, 1874 and 1875, which he seems to have collected on voyages in the Pacific islands from the late 1860s. He documented his 1873 voyage in his book 'A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas' (1875).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.7769
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1872C1.7769 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1872C0308.5