Photography of Homer L. Shantz
Preparation of flour
Contributor:
The University of Arizona Herbarium
Creator:
Homer Leroy Shantz
Description:
Shows manihot in all stages of manufacture. Plants grow at side of cottage - roots in fore are picked then placed in a large clay pot and covered with water. Here it ferments for 3 days. It is then sundried and pounded in the mortar (here made from a ficus tree) and by the aid of baskets sifted to fine flour. Women do all the work on manihot. (But I have seen men carry water here at Nyanza.) [Shantz travel journal, Feb. 27, 1920]
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
English
Title:
azu_shantz_19200227_37597_m
Created:
1920-02-27
City:
Nyanza
City Then:
Nyanza
Continent:
Africa
Country:
Tanzania
Country Then:
Tanganyika
Is this item in the public domain?:
No
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