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Object Number
81-5-30/24146
Display Title
Roasted plantains
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dried plantains, including peel.
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Carib?
- Arawak?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Dutch Guiana
South America / Suriname
South America / Suriname
Materials
Plantain
Dimensions
Overall: 14.2 x 3.8 x 1.2 cm (5 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
24.146; POISON
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48-56-70/3145 | Stone pestle for pounding bread fruit, plantains, or bruising taro |
Pestle
|
Mangaia?
| |
| 2004.29.11900 | Bene girl mashing plantains |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.7424.1 | Plantains |
Kisangani
| ||
| 2004.24.6857 | Children mashing plantains for supper |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.7424.2 | Plantains |
Kisangani
| ||
| 2004.36.26 | Hat of overlapping plantain leaves |
Hat
|
Manila
| |
| 2004.36.71 | Hat woven of plantain leaves with bamboo finial |
Hat
|
Luzon
| |
| 2004.36.30 | Hat of overlapping plantain leaves |
Hat
|
Panay Island
| |
| 2004.36.46 | Hat of plantain leaves, bamboo finial |
Hat
|
Luzon
| |
| 83-4-30/28457 | Strippings of wild plantain |
Floral
|
Dominica
| |
| 22-2-50/B3626 | Pop-gun wads as used by boys, made of chewed and dried plantain fiber |
Toy
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 74-8-10/7592 | Roasted camas bulbs. |
Floral
|
United States
|