Manioc Grater

96-1-212

From: Venezuela | Doro Ana

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Bai Choaria
Object Number 96-1-212
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Doro Ana
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Creator Juan Masano
Date Made 1980-1992
Section American
Materials Moriche Palm Leaf Stems | Steel | Wood | Nylon
Description

Several sticks (Jacaranda caucana? / Mauritia flexuosa) tied together attached to a metal covering (steel transmission fluid can) covered with small, hand-poked holes to allow grating. 2 nylon strings

Height 3.2 cm
Length 44.5 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1992/3-120 - Field No SF | 284 - Collector Number

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