Mat Seat
P196
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Silat River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P196 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Madang |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Silat River |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Peel | Plant Fiber |
| 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. |
| Length | 46 cm |
| Width | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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