Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by traveler-explorer Fred A. Salazar (1942-2002), probably in 1959 or 1960; purchased by MAI from Fred Salazar in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Waiwai
- Collector
- Fred A. Salazar (Carlos Frederick Anthony Salazar), Non-Indian, 1942-2002
- Seller
- Fred A. Salazar (Carlos Frederick Anthony Salazar), Non-Indian, 1942-2002
- Date created
- circa 1955
- Object Name
- Basket sieve/sifter
- Media/Materials
- Wood, larouma fiber, feather/feathers, cotton cord/cordage, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Carved, tied, dyed, twill-plaited, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 44 x 41 x 4 cm
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
