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Object Number 81-5-30/24147
Display Title Cassava bread
Descriptions
Inventory Description Corn tortilla, dried, broken.
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak?
  • Carib?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Suriname
South America / Dutch Guiana
Materials Cassava
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 12 x 0.9 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 20+
Label on object 24147; POISON

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