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Object Number
972-32-00/1.25
Display Title
Preparations for the chicha fiesta, sugar cane press
Descriptions
Object Description
Printed on Board: "Preparations for the chicha fiesta / (celebrating the coming of age / of girls.) / Sugar cane press: man balancing on / the pole moves up and down. Sugar / canes are passed under the moving / pole and the juice is squeezed out. / Ailigandi."
Department
Photographic
Date
1971
Artist
Norbert Sperlich
Artist
Elizabeth Katz
Culture
- Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
San Blas Islands
/
<County>
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Aligandi
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 × 11.7475 cm (3 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Elizabeth Katz
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