ITEM DETAILS |
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Exhibit Type: | Ethnographic Collection |
Code: | ANT00457 |
Name: | Rice Grain |
Acquisition | |
Date acquired: | June 2014 |
Collector: | Dr. Chen Ju-chen |
Acquisition method: | Summer Fieldtrip |
Donated/ presented by (if a gift): | |
Geographic Origin: | Chihshang, Taitung, Taiwan 台灣台東池上 |
Conditions when acquired: | Complete |
Preservation and repairing method(s): | Not required |
Description and identification | |
Authenticity of the item (only for archaeological items): | |
Material (not applicable for archaeological replicas): | Rice米 |
Colour: | Green |
No. of pieces: | 1 |
Measurement (cm): | 22(L) |
Ethnic origin: | Chihshang, Taitung 台灣台東 |
Function/usage: | Food 食物 |
Date item was made: | |
Application after acquisition (e.g. used for teaching, exhibition etc): | The summer field trip exhibition 2014 |
Additional information: | Rice grains, after harvest, would be delivered to rice miller for processing which is the process of removing the outermost layer of a grain and brown rice would be the product. To produce filthy white rice, further removal of layers under the husk is needed. |
Storage: | UCA301 |
Present Location (if not same with usual storage): | |
Remarks: | |
First recorded by: | Lam Ka Lok (2014) |