canasto

1

In Venezuela globe icon, a unit of capacity used for yuca (cassava) and beans, varying from 20 to 100 kilograms.

United Nations, 1966.

2

In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, in the town of Potosi in the department of Potosi, two units of mass, one of 10 kilograms, used for fruit, and another of 12 kilograms, used for beans.

[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

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X A map showing the location of Venezuela.

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