. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ 383. At end of section add: In connection with the sugar mill of Brett's day, mentioned above, it is interesting to note that so late as 1920 in a Carib village at the head of Yakibiari Creek, on the right banlv of the upper Barama, I came across a roller press for squeezing sugar cane, apparently of mixed African and Indian origin. (Fig, 32.) It was formed of two sturdy upright posts (a, a) about 6 feet high, each with a longitudinal. Figure 31.—Diagram of manufacture of the Waiwai sifter. (Sec. 359.) A, The sifter proper, the pro
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ 383. At end of section add: In connection with the sugar mill of Brett's day, mentioned above, it is interesting to note that so late as 1920 in a Carib village at the head of Yakibiari Creek, on the right banlv of the upper Barama, I came across a roller press for squeezing sugar cane, apparently of mixed African and Indian origin. (Fig, 32.) It was formed of two sturdy upright posts (a, a) about 6 feet high, each with a longitudinal. Figure 31.—Diagram of manufacture of the Waiwai sifter. (Sec. 359.) A, The sifter proper, the projecting strands of which are wound over the rail B to form the circular supporting framework C slit in which the two rollers (h, h) rested, one above the other. Each roUer, some feet long, was provided with a round neck, a flattened enlarged head, and a round tail. The neck and tail, which were abruptly demarcated from the body, constituted the axis around which the roller turned. The rollers were fixed in opposite directions, the necessary pressure on the head and tail being obtained by means of two long saplings (c, c) fixed behind under the spur of a big tree stump, in front of two vertical sticks firmly planted in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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