Manioc Press
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: WOVEN BASKETRY MANIOC PRESS. BASKETRY LOOP AT THE OPEN END IS SUSPENDED FROM AN UPPER POLE OR BRANCH, GROUND MANIOC IS PUT INTO TUBE. THE TWISTED ROPE AT THE CLOSED END IS ATTACHED TO A POLE SET UP AS A LEVER. WHEN THE LOWER POLE IS STEPPED ON THE THE ACID IS SQUEEZED OUT THROUGH THE BASKETRY. PRICE PAID: BEADS AS TRADEGOODS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR CENSUS AND LINGUISTIC INFORMATION. CREATOR: KAMPILI, 44 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E426087-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Manioc Press
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 154 cm