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 TUBE USED TO SQUEEZE PRUSSIC ACID FROM GROUND MANIOC. THE LARGE BASKETRY LOOP WITH THE OPEN END GOES OVER A POLE OR BRANCH AT SOME HEIGHT FROM THE GROUND, THE MANIOC GOES IN THE TUBE. THE TWISTED LOOP AT THE CLOSED END GOES AROUND A POLE OR BRANCH SET UP AS A LEVER NEAR THE GROUND. WHEN THE LEVER IS STEPPED ON, THE ACID IS FORCED THROUGH THE BASKETRY. PRICE PAID: 700CRS. OBTAINED FROM CUNYANSER, 11 Y/O GIRL. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR CENSUS AND LINGUISTIC INFORMATION. CREATOR: SIKI 45 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: E426085-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Manioc Press
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 145 cm