Bihi
Colander
87-34-24
From: Venezuela | Murako
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Murako |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Made from tirite (sehoro) reed. used by women to strain moriche palm starch as a source of food. Bihi. made early 1986. Maker unknown. |
| Outside Diameter | 69 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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