Model of Cassava Preparation Tube
Maker
Unknown, Garifuna
ClassificationsBasketry
Date1950s
Dimensions36” L x 4 1/4” W
Materials/TechniqueFiber
SignedNone
Credit LineGift of Bruce Ergood ‘52
Object numberNLA2013.47.ERG
DescriptionMiniature model of a cassava preparation tube, through which the liquid would be squeezed out of grated cassava. Double woven twill tube with funnel shape on one end, loop on the other. Separate fiber tie, probably for suspension.
Place of origin / madenorth and central america
Collections
Exhibitions
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and Memory
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