Ladle
date: label: Date made
content: mid 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This <i>cucharón</i>, or ladle, is constructed from a gourd bowl with wood handle. Teodoro Vidal went to great lengths to research and document the objects that he collected. The notes written by him upon acquiring this ladle read, "<i>Hataca</i>, or <i>Jataca</i> (word of Indian origin), large spoon or vessel made of gourd. Often used to get water from the <i>tinajero</i> (water filter). This one was acquired in 1958 in the town of Anasco."
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Este cucharón está hecho de una vasija de calabaza con mango de madera. Teodoro Vidal invirtió gran esfuerzo en la investigación y documentación de los objetos de su colección. Las notas que escribió en oportunidad de la compra de este objeto decían "Hataca, o Jataca (palabra de origen indígena), cuchara grande o vasija hecha de calabaza. A menudo empleada para recoger agua del tinajero (recipiente para filtrar el agua). Este objeto fue adquirido en 1958 en el pueblo de Anasco".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Añasco, Añasco
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Cucharón
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0955
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0955
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd; wood; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.7 cm x 9.3 cm x 42.9 cm; 3 1/16 in x 3 11/16 in x 16 7/8 in