seat mat

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 36.103
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 36.103

Seatmat, twill-woven straw, basically rectangular but with one short side exteended to form a point. The pattern, which is on both sides, is on the main part divided into two along the length of the mat, with one side the natural colour of the straw, while the other is made up of alternating brown and natural diagonal stripes. The pointed end has a band of goose-eye pattern three dark stripes in from the edge. Near the point, a large wooden button has been fixed on one face of the mat, with a length of twine attached on the other face. 19 ½"l. Baram River.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
36.103
Date
before 1937
PLACE
CULTURE
Kenyah-Kayan
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 505 mm x 233 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
straw; string; twill
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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