Chocolate Pot & Stirring Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Nov 1884
name: label: Donor Name
content: Louis H. Ayme
notes: label: Notes
content: LEDGER, CATALOG CARD AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [just the pot, apparently, was] SENT TO SALEM, MA. 1886. The stirring stick remained in the museum's collection, although it was on long-term loan (originally called a transfer, but the object was later returned) to the Naturalist Center (NMNH) from 1995 - 2016. When it was returned, it was noted that the object was broken in half. It is unknown whether the break occurred before or during the loan to the Naturalist Center.
label: Notes
content: The stirring stick is called a molinillo. It's function is similar to a whisk and it is used to froth warm drinks such as hot chocolate, Atole, etc.. The molinillo is rotated between the user's two hands placed palm-sides together. The twisting motion froths the hot chocolate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015230
label: USNM Number
content: E73903-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stirrer