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Grass mat used to lay babies on
Grass mat used to lay babies on
Object Number 38-17-70/884
Display Title Grass mat used to lay babies on
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mat, woven fiber, rectangular, buff with brown chevron design, fringed edges
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 68.5 x 57 x 6 cm (26 15/16 x 22 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-17-70/884

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