Object

Accession No

2005.637

Description

One miniature (perhaps child's) matapi, cassava squeezer (of wama hale, arouman, ischnosiphon arouma). Used to squeeze grated cassava in order to remove the juice.

Place

Americas; South America; French Guiana; Litani river; Antecume Pata; Wayana; Apalai

Period

Source

Grotti, Vanessa [collector and donor]; Brightman, Marc [collector and donor]; Suku.Mimi [previous owner]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

2005.637

Cultural Affliation

Wayana

Material

Cane

Local Term

matapi

Measurements

95mm x 1030mm

Events

Context (Related Documents)
See Crowther-Beynon Report by Vanessa Grotti and Marc Brightman, 2005 in MAA's archives.
Event Date 2005
Author: Lucie Carreau (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Part of a group of objects, (2005.629-49), bought, bartered or received as a gift through the intermediary of the collectors' extended family. 2005.637 purchased from Mimi Siku for €20.
Event Date 2005
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
One miniature (perhaps child's) matapi, cassava squeezer (of wama hale, arouman, ischnosiphon arouma). Used to squeeze grated cassava in order to remove the juice.
Event Date 2005
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
F. Veys: ''The cassava squeezer is round with a big loop on one side and an oval opening on the other side.'
Event Date 14/6/2006
Author: Lucie Carreau (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the Maudslay Hall, Amazonia case, (case 17-18) from March 2007.
Event Date 3/2007
Author: Lucie Carreau (admin)

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