Mat Seat
| Object Number: | P196 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Madang |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak Silat River |
| Date Made: | Before 1897 |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Peel Plant Fiber |
| Length: | 46 cm |
| Width: | 28 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Description
Mat seat. Tabit. Rectangular, with pointed top. Light and dark strips of rattan peel woven in pattern of vertical stripes with vertical rows of short cross-bars in between; pattern is interrupted and offset, about 2/3 of way up. Light-colored, twisted ties. Worn by men, suspended from the waist at back, ready to sit on in the forest.
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