Manioc Grater
96-1-209
From: Venezuela | Doro Ana
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Bai Choaria |
| Object Number | 96-1-209 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Doro Ana |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Creator | Francisco Bravo |
| Date Made | 1980-1990 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Moriche Palm Leaf Stems | Moriche Palm Fiber | Steel |
| Description | Several sticks (Jacaranda caucana/Mauritia fluxuosa) tied together with moriche fiber (Mauritia flexuosa) strings attached to a metal covering (steel 2-cycle oil can). The metal covering is covered with small, hand-poked holes to allow grating. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 40 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
| Other Number | 1990-95 - Field No SF | 281 - Collector Number |
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