Ceramic griddle, small
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 2018
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: Ceramic griddle, polished, incised and painted black.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: Low-fired clay, red slip exterior, painted both sides with a mixture of juice of a vine, soot, and water. A ceramic griddle is at the center of every house, and is used to make the manioc bread that is eaten with every meal. This type of griddle is about half the diameter of the large griddles that are a fixture in each house. A full-size griddle is a valuable and easily breakable object, and usually stays at home. Small griddles like this specimen are convenient when a family wants to be able to prepare fresh manioc bread during a day trip to collect salt plants, turtle eggs, or engage in some other harvesting activity at some distance away from the village. Incised with kulúpiyené design (referring to the lozenge shape of a fish the neighboring Mehinaku people call kulupei and the Wauja call "ausityepe" (possibly Piaractus brachypomus or Metynnis argenteus), commonly called pacú in Brazilian Portuguese. This fish has high, deep, and laterally compressed body in profile, hence its association with a diamond or lozenge pattern. Note that the design presumbably came from the Mehinaku tribe. Note: has faint crack extending inward a few inches from rim. Appears to have been worked on to make it less noticeable. This item may have cracked during firing, and then been repurposed as a trade item.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Piyulaga village, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074242
label: USNM Number
content: E435329-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Griddle
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 35 cm
label: Height
content: 4 cm