Food Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Donald C. Butts
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. K W. Butts
notes: label: Notes
content: DOMESTIC ITEMS SUCH AS THESE FOOD PADDLES ARE CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES OF MARRIED COUPLES IN BUSH NEGRO [sic] SOCIETY. THEY ARE IMPORTANT GIFTS FROM A MAN TO A WOMAN THROUGHOUT THEIR COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. DESIGN ON THE HANDLE OF THE PADDLE RELATES TO ASPECTS OF A COUPLE'S DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP. THE PADDLE IS USED FOR SERVING AND STIRRING RICE AND STEWS WHICH ARE THE STAPLE OF BUSH NEGRO DIET. (SEE P. DARK 1954 BUSH NEGRO ART: AN AFRICAN ART IN THE AMERICAS, pp. 29-30).
label: Notes
content: The Recovering Voices Community Research Visit of Matawai Maroons from Suriname took place September 8-19, 2018. These comments were made by community members, elder Jozef Dennert, bassia Tina Henkie, and Rolien Sallons on Friday, September 14, 2018. The group conferred on comments to make about the collections objects so all notes are attributed to the group as a whole. This size would be used for cooking rice.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Suriname, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Suriname Maroon
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 277656
label: USNM Number
content: E409775-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Paddle