- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woven mat with fringes at both short ends.
- Long description
- Woven mat with fringes at both short ends and thin, plant fibre tufts at intervals along the other two sides. [JFK 31/8/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Charles Smith
- PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate
- PRM source Alfred T. Collier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- By 1908
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Process Chequer Woven, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Width: max 855 mm, Length: max 1180 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.87.296
Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Basketry, Mat
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