Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by photojournalist Claire James Steinberg during a trip to the Orinoco and Amacuro River delta region between December 1976 and January 1977; donated to NMAI by Claire James Steinberg in 2009.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Warao
- Collector
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1975-1977
- Object Name
- Basket sieve/sifter
- Media/Materials
- Arumã fiber, thread, wood
- Techniques
- Wicker-plaited, wrapped, tied
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 25.0 x 4.5 cm
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
