Wooden Stirrer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jun 1954
name: label: Collector
content: Clyde L. Eastman
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Clyde L. Eastman
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Used in stirring thin batter used in making tamales, cakes, etc. and as an egg beater. Acquired in San Antonio, Texas in 1911 at a wayside Mexican store. Consists of a turned wooden staff with free rings and a grooved hollow knob. Slender staff is twirled between open palms."
label: Notes
content: This object appears to be a molinillo. A molinillo's function is similar to a whisk and it is used to froth warm drinks such as hot chocolate, Atole, etc.. The molinillo is rotated between the user's two hands placed palm-sides together. The twisting motion froths the hot chocolate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 202367
label: USNM Number
content: E393147-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stirrer