Mandiocca (Cassava) grater - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 38689 | |||||
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Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE | Entry Book Number | 65.1855 | |
| Artefact Name | Mandiocca (Cassava) grater | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Mandiocca (Cassava) grater | Geography Description | Brazil, Rio Icanna | ||
| Uses | Mandiocca (Cassava) graterUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Extra-large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 189 | ||
| Donor Date | 15/06/1855 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Made of Wood of Apocynaceae. Small packet of surface fragments of manioc grater. Cleaned 15.1.84 Rio Canna a tributory of the Rio Negro.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASource: Museum entry book 1847-55: Made on Rio Icanna and made of soft tenacious wood of an apocyneo, us tree. Stones are chiefly bluish, fine grained granite from the Icanna, broken into fragments of convenient size. Design scratched with the point of a large nail; then with the same a hole is pricked for insertion of each stone and a blow of the nail h, ead secures it in place. The grater thus formed is anointed with the milk of Cuma (Couma dulcis) which is a useful adhesive, not affected by the juice of mandiocca or moisture. I have seen graters which were decayed and almost worn through at the back w, hile not a tooth had fallen out. Iccana graters are in great request throughout the Rio Negro, Amazon and Orinoco. | ||||