Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Shirley Hoffmann in 1989 or 1990 while conducting research for her dissertation on indigenous agriculture in Amazonas, Venezuela; donated to NMAI by Shirley Hoffman in 2015.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Arawak (attributed)
- Collector
- Shirley Hoffmann, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Shirley Hoffmann, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1985-1990
- Object Name
- Basket sieve/sifter
- Media/Materials
- Palm fiber, wood, cordage
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited, bent, tied, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 71.5 x 70.0 x 4.0 cm
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
