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Mat
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Pandanus fiber, parrot feathers
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1927.1.41
DescriptionStrips of pandanus fiber 1.5 cm woven into a square mat. Fringe on two edges with border of wide pointed fiber pieces sewn on. Small tufts of red parrot feathers spaced long edge. Two zig-zag (see card for drawing) lines in red on one side of mat, made by weaving red yarn or fiber into the mat. Small pieces sewn into the mat in other places.
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