Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Carlos Droescher (Carlos Ernesto Droescher Kendziora, 1905-1995), a surveyor who worked with oil companies in Colombia and came to the U.S. with his family in 1951; purchased by MAI from Carlos Droescher in 1952.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Guahibo
- Collector
- Carlos Droescher (Carlos Ernesto Droescher Kendziora), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Previous owner
- Carlos Droescher (Carlos Ernesto Droescher Kendziora), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Seller
- Carlos Droescher (Carlos Ernesto Droescher Kendziora), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Object Name
- Basket sieve/sifter
- Media/Materials
- Palm fiber, cordage
- Techniques
- Plaited
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
