Taro Pounding Board (Ngot)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Flat board with flanged edge all around one inch wide. Boiled taro was pounded without adding water on this type of board each day for the important member of the family. This method of preparing taro is still used in some homes. Pounding done with wooden pounder No. 394,587. These are highly valued items. Made by Llecholech of Ngiwal village."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ngiwal, Babeldaob Island, Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213418
label: USNM Number
content: E394586-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pounding Board