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Object Number
99-12-70/53556
Display Title
Mat of hibiscus fibre
Descriptions
Object Description
Mat of hibiscus fibre
Inventory Description
Mat, buff woven fiber, 1 side fringed allover, other smooth
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 115 x 56 x 8 cm (45 1/4 x 22 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53556
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53854 | Mat of hibiscus fibre |
Mat
|
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| ||
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|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55695 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Woven
|
Taritari Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55531 | Hibiscus fibre dress |
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|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 01-7-70/56673 | Dance skirt of hibiscus fibre |
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|
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| |
| 00-36-20/C2798 | 23 flaked flints in leaf wrapper with hibiscus fibre cord |
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|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55693 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
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|
Taritari Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55694 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Skirt
|
Taritari Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55692 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Skirt
|
Taritari Island
|