Corn Parcher "Sakire" Or "Sakila"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
notes: label: Notes
content: THICK-WALLED CERAMIC CONTAINER WITH ROUNDED BOTTOM. MOUTH OF PARCHER IS WIDE & PUSHED OVER. OUTSIDE WALLS OF PARCHER ARE FIRE-BLACKENED. PROCESS: SAND IS MIXED WITH CORN KERNELS IN PARCHER, HEATED & STIRRED, THEN KERNELS ARE PULLED OUT OF PARCHER WITH A SPOON. SPOON IS PULLED UP THE SLOPED SIDE OF PARCHER SO SAND FALLS BACK INTO PARCHER & KERNELS ARE SCRAPED INTO A BOWL. PARCHER CONTAINS A BAG OF SAND FOR USE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rejogochi, Basihuare, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350956
label: USNM Number
content: E422437-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm