Sifter
- Museum number:
- 16-14995
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160014995
- Alternate number:
- 10 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2927
- Description:
- Sifter, flat “ masato” ("tsiperikita"); flat rectangular plate; split arrow cane reed wit hfour struts of hard wood ( possibly palm); thread or cord tied struts to woven cane sections; 40.5 cm length, 43.5 cm width
- Donor:
- Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Peru
- Culture or time period:
- Machiguenga
- Maker or artist:
- Estevania
- Collector:
- Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1973
- Context of use:
- used only for manioc beer; cooked manioc forced through holes in weave to remove fibers;
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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