400172 Paogo, mat, Samoa, 19th or 20th century (pandanus) by Polynesian; 63x34 cm; Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art; (add.info.: finely made mats were prestige objects, presented on ceremonial occasions; gift from Malaafa, or Mataafa, who was King of Samoa three times between 1887-99; it was a turbulaent period in Samoan history and a civil war was fought 1898-99; see 400173: label associated with mat;); Polynesian, out of copyright.