Sifter

Museum number:
5-3105
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003105
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Woven fiber flour sifter; Iyoh; rectangular; attached to split soft wood frame; used for sifting cassava flour.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Ibo; Umuahia
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 5-3105, described as Woven fiber flour sifter; Iyoh; rectangular; attached to split soft wood frame; used for sifting cassava flour.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 5-3105, described as Woven fiber flour sifter; Iyoh; rectangular; attached to split soft wood frame; used for sifting cassava flour.

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