Straws
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Peter Seitel
label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Folklife Program
notes: label: Notes
content: "STRAWS (OLUSHEKE, SINGULAR; ENSHEKE, PLURAL) ARE GROWN AMONG BANANA PLANTS FOR USE IN BEER DRINKING. THEY MAY BE FITTED WITH ENCHENCHO, SMALL STRAINERS (WICKERWORK TUBES) THAT PURIFY THE LIQUID AS IT PASSES INTO THE LOWER END OF THE STRAW."-P. SEITEL. ONE OF THESE STRAWS HAS ENCHENCHO (2.8CM. LONG) ON IT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Tanzania, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haya
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349806
label: USNM Number
content: E422181-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Straw
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 80 cm