Siphon, "Vanencia"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1897
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: United States Department of Agriculture
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TIN. SIPHON VENENCIA: FOR COLLECTING THE SAP OF THE AGAVE WHICH IS POURED IN A SKIN SACK AND CARRIED TO THE FERMENTING VATS. ONE END OF THE TUBE IS PLACED IN THE CAVITY AND BY MOUTH SUCTION AT THE OTHER END THE JUICE IS DRAWN UP INTO THE RECEPTACLE. THE UPPER ORIFICE IS THEN CLOSED BY THE HAND AND THE JUICE TRANSFERRED TO THE SACK. FORMERLY THE VENENCIA WAS MADE OF GOURD TIPPED WITH TUBES OF COW'S HORN. L. 28" ."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Durango, 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: 031859
label: USNM Number
content: E176475-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Siphon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm