Mat
65-8-43
From: Caroline Islands | Nukuoro
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 65-8-43 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Polynesian |
| Provenience | Caroline Islands | Nukuoro |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Coconut Leaf |
| Description | Miniature; an all purpose mat used for sitting. Also put around sides of house as windscreen and for privacy. Cut copra is put on mat to dry and then carried home on it. also used for sleeping away from home. lying on one half with the other half pulled over one as cover |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Vern Carroll, 1965 |
| Other Number | 30 - Other Number |
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