EULAC_6445 Amerindian Cassava Grater "The Cassava grater was part of the preparation process for Cassava by Amerindian communities. Jerome Handler, in his article \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d stated that: \u201c in processing the cassava, traditional Amerindian techniques generally involved first the scraping off of the skin and then the grating of the root with a grater made of thorny branches, coral, or wood and stone splinters set in a board. In squeezing the juice out of the grated cassava, a cylindrical basketry strainer or press (commonly known as a matapi or tipiti in the ethnographic literature) was employed.\u201d (63)\r\n\r\nThis particular grater also has a motif of a lizard. Animals such as lizards, frogs or turtles were frequent in Ta\u00edno art.\r\n\r\nSource: \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d. Author: Jerome S. Handler. Caribbean Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jan., 1970), pp. 50-72.\r\n\r\nDigitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive\r\n" This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693669. CULTURAL HERITAGE Moveable Heritage text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object CULTURAL HERITAGE 3D University of St Andrews EULAC "The Cassava grater was part of the preparation process for Cassava by Amerindian communities. Jerome Handler, in his article \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d stated that: \u201c in processing the cassava, traditional Amerindian techniques generally involved first the scraping off of the skin and then the grating of the root with a grater made of thorny branches, coral, or wood and stone splinters set in a board. In squeezing the juice out of the grated cassava, a cylindrical basketry strainer or press (commonly known as a matapi or tipiti in the ethnographic literature) was employed.\u201d (63)\r\n\r\nThis particular grater also has a motif of a lizard. Animals such as lizards, frogs or turtles were frequent in Ta\u00edno art.\r\n\r\nSource: \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d. Author: Jerome S. Handler. Caribbean Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jan., 1970), pp. 50-72.\r\n\r\nDigitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive\r\n" text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object 3D Object "The Cassava grater was part of the preparation process for Cassava by Amerindian communities. Jerome Handler, in his article \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d stated that: \u201c in processing the cassava, traditional Amerindian techniques generally involved first the scraping off of the skin and then the grating of the root with a grater made of thorny branches, coral, or wood and stone splinters set in a board. In squeezing the juice out of the grated cassava, a cylindrical basketry strainer or press (commonly known as a matapi or tipiti in the ethnographic literature) was employed.\u201d (63)\r\n\r\nThis particular grater also has a motif of a lizard. Animals such as lizards, frogs or turtles were frequent in Ta\u00edno art.\r\n\r\nSource: \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d. Author: Jerome S. Handler. Caribbean Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jan., 1970), pp. 50-72.\r\n\r\nDigitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive\r\n" text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object 3D Object "The Cassava grater was part of the preparation process for Cassava by Amerindian communities. Jerome Handler, in his article \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d stated that: \u201c in processing the cassava, traditional Amerindian techniques generally involved first the scraping off of the skin and then the grating of the root with a grater made of thorny branches, coral, or wood and stone splinters set in a board. In squeezing the juice out of the grated cassava, a cylindrical basketry strainer or press (commonly known as a matapi or tipiti in the ethnographic literature) was employed.\u201d (63)\r\n\r\nThis particular grater also has a motif of a lizard. Animals such as lizards, frogs or turtles were frequent in Ta\u00edno art.\r\n\r\nSource: \u201cAspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados\u201d. Author: Jerome S. Handler. Caribbean Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jan., 1970), pp. 50-72.\r\n\r\nDigitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive\r\n" text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object 3D Object "Image of a decorated Amerindian Cassava Grater" Open Virtual Worlds Team University of St Andrews Image 13.084317 -59.600278