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mat

human history
  • Other Name

    'ie toga (Samoan)

  • Description

    fine mat with top edge locked off then strands left to form fringe. Lower edge strands left to form fringe with additional wider pandanus leaf fringe, and double row of red parrot feathers sewn on. Feathers attached to each other quill end on end

  • Place
    Samoa/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    2005.99.7
  • Accession Date
    11 Oct 2005
  • Other Id

    56333 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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