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Object Number 2004.24.4796
Display Title Girls scraping skins off cassava bulbs
Descriptions
Subject
  • Expedition
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1910
Artist Rev. John W. Ogilvie
Culture
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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Wapisiana girls scraping off skin of cassava bulbs
2004.29.9951 Wapisiana girls scraping off skin of cassava bulbs
South America
Bulbs eaten green or dried and ground to flour, a brown skin has been rubbed off
09-8-10/75041 Bulbs eaten green or dried and ground to flour, a brown skin has been rubbed off
Floral
North America
Girls grating cassava
2004.24.4751 Girls grating cassava
Guyana
Girls grating cassava
2004.29.10319 Girls grating cassava
Brazil
Girl making cassava bread - in the act of patting cassava
2004.24.4802 Girl making cassava bread - in the act of patting cassava
Guyana
Ceramic vessel, neck broken off, four bulbs around body.
78-22-10/14293 Ceramic vessel, neck broken off, four bulbs around body.
Raw Material
Complete Vessel
Mississippi County
Girl putting cassava in strainer
2004.24.4800 Girl putting cassava in strainer
Guyana
Girl grating cassava
2004.24.4797 Girl grating cassava
Guyana
Girl sifting cassava
2004.24.4799 Girl sifting cassava
Guyana
Girl grating cassava
2004.24.4798 Girl grating cassava
Guyana
Girl sifting cassava
2004.24.4752 Girl sifting cassava
Guyana
Girl grating cassava
2004.24.4750 Girl grating cassava
Guyana