Sifter, Masato ("morinto"); woven into deep basket-like form from fibers of arrow cane leaf; cylindrical shape with squarish bottom; longer that it is wide; 29.5 cm length; 16.5 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:
Maritina
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
used in making corn beer; beer is strained through the sifter after boiling;