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Object Number
2004.29.9951
Display Title
Wapisiana girls scraping off skin of cassava bulbs
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Wapisiana / (Arawakan) / Wapisiana girls scrping off skin of / cassava bulbs - 4796
Department
Photographic
Date
1910-1911
Artist
Rev. John W. Ogilvie
Culture
- Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.4796 | Girls scraping skins off cassava bulbs |
Guyana
| ||
| 2004.29.9952 | Wapisiana girl putting cassava in strainer |
South America
| ||
| 2004.29.10005 | Wapisiana girl carrying fire wood |
South America
| ||
| 2004.29.9950 | Wapisiana woman weaving |
South America
| ||
| 2004.29.9953 | Woman straining wet cassava |
South America
| ||
| 09-8-10/75041 | Bulbs eaten green or dried and ground to flour, a brown skin has been rubbed off |
Floral
|
North America
| |
| 2004.29.9964 | Wapisiana house |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2004.29.10319 | Girls grating cassava |
Brazil
| ||
| 2004.29.9994 | Alexander, Afro-Indigenous Wapisiana man |
South America
| ||
| 78-22-10/14293 | Ceramic vessel, neck broken off, four bulbs around body. |
Raw Material
Complete Vessel |
Mississippi County
| |
| 2004.29.9970 | Two girls |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2004.29.9972 | Two girls |
British Guiana
|