Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably collected by explorer Theodore J. Waldeck (b. 1894) in 1937 or 1938 during an expedition to Guyana; donated to MAI by Theodore J. Waldeck in in 1939.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Akawaio (Acawai)
- Collector
- Theodore J. Waldeck (Joseph Theodore Waldeck), Non-Indian, b. 1894
- Donor
- Theodore J. Waldeck (Joseph Theodore Waldeck), Non-Indian, b. 1894
- Object Name
- Basket sieve/sifter
- Media/Materials
- Vegetal Fiber, wood, cordage
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
