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- Iyo'wujwa Chorote speaking peoples
- kaisek (harvesting fork), late 1800s–1976
- Where object was made: Paraguay
- wood
- Object Length/Width/Depth: 157 x 12 x 7 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth: 61 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in - Gift of Robert J. Smith
- Not on display
- 2007.5517
- Iyo'wujwa Chorote speaking peoples
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The long stick has a slight bend in the center and is forked at one end following a naturally occuring branch. The non-forked end is cut at an angle. It is brown.
Women used this stick to harvest caraguatá roots.