Small octagonal shaped woven mat made of leaf fibers from Hawaii. Traditional weaving techniques were used to create the checked pattern, with the ends of the leaves twisted and woven back into the body of the mat. Mats like this were widely available in Hawaii for the tourist market.
trivets
mats (furniture coverings)
leaf (plant material)
Trivet
"40" (written on tiny white paper label inserted into the weaving on the bottom side)
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
10 1/8 x 10 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3683
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Vol. II, No.1 - Google Books
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