Manioc Press
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: PLAITED BASKETRY MANIOC PRESS. BASKETRY TUBE USED TO SQUEEZE PRUSSIC ACID FROM GROUND MANIOC. THE BASKETRY LOOP AT THE OPEN END IS SUSPENDED FROM AN UPPER POLE OR BRANCH, AND THE TUBE FILLED WITH GROUND MANIOC. THE LOWER CLOSED END IS ATTACHED TO A LOWER POLE SET UP AS A LEVER. WHEN THE LEVER IS STEPPED ON THE ACID IS SQUEEZED THROUGH THE BASKETRY. PRICE PAID: 400 CRS. MAKER UNKNOWN, OBTAINED FROM HO'HE 30 Y/O MALE. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR CENSUS AND LINGUISTIC INFORMATION.
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: E426086-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Manioc Press
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 141 cm