Calabash Water Vessel "Took-Took"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Sep 1922
name: label: Donor Name
content: Alexander Mccatty
notes: label: Notes
content: IN JAMAICAN A 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 HAS A CORNCOB STOPPER AND IS SURROUNDED BY LIGHT CORDAGE ARRANGED IN RETICULATE FASHION WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BE CARRIED ON A SLING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: 068868
label: USNM Number
content: E324659-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Water Container