Manioc Press
87-34-12
From: Venezuela | Nabaribuhu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Aruhuba |
| Object Number | 87-34-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Nabaribuhu |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | August 1987 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Woven cylinder. Used to process prussic acid from bitter manioc tuber by squeezing water with acid out of grated manioc fiber. Work done by women. Introduction of manioc to Warao is recent, product of missionary activity. Traditionally starch is provided by moriche palm. Aruhubu. Made by Jose Antonio Perez. |
| Length | 155 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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