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Trough with sieve resting on four uprights ready for the washing of Manicaria sac- 
cifera pith extracted from the palm in the foreground of the picture. Notice fleshy 
end of a Mauritia leaf stem below the strainer to channel the water into the trough 
without splashing. Photograph by JoHANNES WILBERT 
ALVId 
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