Mats for Clothi)ig. 



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8349. 8.5X7 in.; coarse; upper border of finer mat work. Gilbert Ids. 



7094. 6.7X6 in.; a continuons band sewed at bottom, and bound at top; red and black 

 strips. Gilbert Ids. 



7095. 12.5X6.5 in.; a double thick folio sewed only at bottom; has two bands of 

 embroider}'. Gilbert Ids. 



7096. 11.2X9-2 in.; continuous band, sewed at bottom; two bands embroidered. G. I. 

 S198. 34X14 in.; woven with inch strips; inside plain; outside mostly covered with 



embroidery. Fijian. 



Fig. 52. MARSHALL ISLANDS MAT. 



The Fijian specimens at Salem vary in length from 32 to 17 inches. lu st^'le of 

 decoration they are well represented by the specimen in this Museum, already figured. 



Mats for Clothing. — Although the Hawaiians certainly used mats for cloth- 

 ing, not onlj' as wraps, but as waist cloth (malo), the principal development of clothing 

 made of mat work, that is woven of grass or leaves instead of finer fibre, was on the 

 Marshall Islands. The beautiful work of these islanders is familiar in all museums, and 

 much has been written about their manufadlure and use. I do not here intend to treat 

 these mats from the point of the designer, for the various bands shown in the figures 

 here given have names and appropriate uses. For all these I must refer the student 



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