Cassava grater - Specimen details

Cassava grater - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73334

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Plant Name 43.01 MELIACEAE Cedrela odorata Entry Book Number 3.1995.5
Artefact Name Cassava grater Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Cassava grater Geography Description Roraima, Southern America, Brazil, Brazil North, Auaris region
Uses Cassava graterUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Milliken William Collector No 5
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1994
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Bought from Maiongong Indians who were visiting the town of Boa Vista. The board is made from the wood of Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae), and is dyed with the red arils of Bixa orellana L (Bixaceae) fruits. The teeth are made from pieces of tin can, alt, hough these would traditionally have been made from chips of a particular stone. They are knocked into the wood, and then fixed in position with the latex of Couma macrocarpa Barb. Rodr. (Apocynaceae), which is also used to make the designs.x0Dx0APlants + Pe, ople exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016.
Determinations:17.01 BIXACEAE Bixa orellana L.
    43.01 MELIACEAE Cedrela odorata L.
    106.00 APOCYNACEAE Couma macrocarpa Barb. Rodr.

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