Mat making tool

Museum number:
18-1069
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001069
Accession number:
Acc.3313
Object count:
1
Description:
Tool: mat making tool. Flat bamboo, tapered. Wide end, carved edges. Used by women when making joints and finishing edge of mats, baskets, etc. Used to lift strips already woven so new ends can be woven in. Made by either men or women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 21 cents). Length 23.5 cm.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat making tool, accession number 18-1069, described as Tool: mat making tool. Flat bamboo, tapered. Wide end, carved edges. Used by women when making joints and finishing edge of mats, baskets, etc. Used to lift strips already woven so new ends can be woven in. Made by either men or women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 21 cents). Length 23.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat making tool, accession number 18-1069, described as Tool: mat making tool. Flat bamboo, tapered. Wide end, carved edges. Used by women when making joints and finishing edge of mats, baskets, etc. Used to lift strips already woven so new ends can be woven in. Made by either men or women. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 21 cents). Length 23.5 cm.

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