Fruit Leather
52-2-8.1
From: Gilbert Islands | Onotoa
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-2-8.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Gilbert Islands | Onotoa |
| Culture Area | Oceanian |
| Date Made | 1951 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus |
| Description | Pandanus fruit, dried to make fruit leather: "the ripe fruit is steamed with hot stones until soft. . . then . . . pounded and left to dry into a popular food called kapupu (sort of a pandanus fruit leather . . .." ) (from The Island Pantry). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
| Other Number | ED644A - Museum Education Number |
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