Manioc Press
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Basketry manioc press. The woven loop at the open end is suspended from a pole or branch and the ground up manioc is put into the tube. The twisted rope at the closed end is attached to a pole or branch set up as a lever. When the lever is stepped on the prussic acid squeezes through the basketry. PRICE PAID: 3 CRN. CONDITION: USED. LOWER END HAS BE REPAIRED BY BINDING WITH INNER BARK STRIP WHERE WOVEN STRIPS HAVE DISINTEGRATED FROM USE. 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: Apinaye
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: E426198-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Manioc Press
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 160 cm