Stirring Stick
96-1-292
From: Venezuela | Doro Ana
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Tainto |
Object Number | 96-1-292 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
Provenience | Venezuela | Doro Ana |
Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
Creator | Juan Masano |
Date Made | 1980-1992 |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Moriche Palm Leaf Fiber |
Technique | Carving |
Description | Carved wooden stick with thin handle expanding to a flat, wide stirring implement at one end and a knob at the other end. Attached to 96-1-291/293/294 with moriche palm leaf fiber. Made of wood (Curatella americana?) and moriche palm leaf fiber (Mauritia flexuosa). |
Length | 24.5 cm |
Width | 3.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
Other Number | 1992/3-64 - Field No SF | 218 - Collector Number |
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