Record Detail
EBC 46604
Specimen Notes:
- Source: Museum Entry Book 1847-55, p206: Instrument shaped like tuning fork used for supporting the great cigars smoked on state occasions. The sharp end is stuck into the ground and the Tuchaua (being seated on the bauquinho (stool)) supports his cigar of 18 inches or more in length between the forks. Carving coloured red with tana.
Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic uses (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p57. : Cigar holder on Uaupés made of this wood.
- Record posted on March 27, 2009 and last updated March 27, 2009
