Calabash Water Vessel "Took-Took"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Jul 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Elizabeth Stillman
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Elizabeth Stillman
notes: label: Notes
content: IN JAMAICAN THE MEDIUM-SIZED CALABASH USED FOR CARRYING WATER IS KNOWN AS A "TOOK-TOOK", ITS NAME DERIVED ECHOICALLY FROM THE SOUND MADE AS WATER IS POURED FROM ITS SMALL CIRCULAR OPENING. THIS SPECIMEN IS ENCIRCULED WITH VINES (NATIVE TERM "WIS") THAT SERVE BOTH AS A CARRYING FRAME AND UPRIGHT STAND FOR THE VESSEL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Jamaica, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Jamaican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 176775
label: USNM Number
content: E385843-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Water Container