Manioc Grater
96-1-211
From: Venezuela | Doro Ana
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Bai Choaria |
Object Number | 96-1-211 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
Provenience | Venezuela | Doro Ana |
Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
Creator | Eulogio |
Date Made | 1980-1992 |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Moriche Palm Leaf Stems | Moriche Palm Fiber | Steel |
Description | Several moriche palm sticks (Mauritia flexuosa) tied together with moriche fiber; attached to a metal covering (from steel motor oil can). The metal covering is covered with small, hand-poked holes to allow grating. |
Height | 3.5 cm |
Length | 48.5 cm |
Width | 19 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
Other Number | 1992/3-108 - Field No SF | 283 - Collector Number |
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