Sieve for making manioc flour. Supported by eight side sticks. Sieve is twill plaited except for open work [___] consisting of plaiting with four elements employed. 15.5 inches by 13 inches. Penerira in Portuguese.
Donor:
Seth Leacock
Collection place:
Vila Nova, Rio Andirá, Brazil
Verbatim coll. place:
Rio Andira, Vila Nova., Brazil
Culture or time period:
Maue Tribe and Sateré-Mawé
Collector:
Seth Leacock
Collection date:
1956-1957
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 33.02 centimeters and length 39.37 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)