- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Chair mat, woven in two pieces. [RM [OPS move] 5/1/2017]
- Long description
- Chair mat. Woven in two pieces, roughly square with a floral like pattern in the centre, with 4 smaller, similar designs extending from the central design. [RM [OPS move] 5/1/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- PRM source Frank Norman Howes
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1874?, uncertain
- Date collected
- ?1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1961
- Materials and processes
- Material Pandanus Plant, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Width 396 mm, Length: max 442 mm, Height 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1961.6.36
Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Textile, Mat, Cushion
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