FMNH 259442.nosub[1]

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    Scanner: Sarah Rivers : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 17-38 | Provenience: British Guiana | People or Culture: | Object: Model of cassava strainer | Material: splint and cotton thread | Description: Bent circle of splint tied with fiber cord; black, loose weave fabric for "strainer" stretched on the bottom with another narrowe splint covered with a fiber cord-wrapped circlet. Used "after baking" cassava. | Dimensions: (in cm.) 4cm by 11cm diameter. | Collection: [LEFT MARGIN] A | 259442 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3483
Catalog Number: 259442.nosub[1]
Description: strainer model
Materials: vegetal material, cotton thread, fiber cord, fabric
Accession Number: [3483] Platt Jr. , Robert S. and Mrs. (Gift)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Platt Jr. , Robert S. and Mrs., Platt Sr. , Robert S. and Mrs.
EMu IRN: 1168143
GUID: 775eb431-bee2-43ac-88ea-a5c5f9c6d55e

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