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  • Description

    Mat, pandanus. Eight pointed star shape, checkerwork with overlaid darker strips forming words NIUAFOOU DEC 1946 and a cherub/fairy? with butterfly. Collected by donor's father serving on 'Matua' c.1943, when the people of the island were evacuated because of an eruption.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1987.728
  • Accession Date
    19 Nov 1987
  • Other Id

    52636 (ethnology)

  • Department
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