Model of Sifter
Maker
Unknown, Garifuna
ClassificationsBasketry
Date1950s
Dimensions12 1/2” Diam.
Materials/TechniqueFiber
SignedNone
Credit LineGift of Bruce Ergood ‘52
Object numberNLA2013.48.ERG
DescriptionMiniature model of a cassava sifter or sieve, with a wood or vine hoop, twill weave sieve of flat fibers, with a separate fiber hanging loop.
Place of origin / madenorth and central america
Collections
Exhibitions
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and Memory
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