Piaroa (endonym: Wothiha, Wo’tiheh, Wotuha) indigenous woman inserting small stones on board to make manioc (cassava) grater. Guiana Highlands, Venezuela, South America. The Wothiha are one of the largest ethnic groups of Venezuela, numbering about 14,000. They speak a Salivan language. Part of their territory has been invaded by illegal miners and Colombian guerillas. This picture shows a craft no longer practiced by the Wothiha, as, according to anthropologist Stanford Zent who studied them 15 years later they now use mechanized manioc graters

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