Sifter, masato ("morinto"); woven into basket-like form from fiber of arrow cane leaf; cylindrical shape with squarish bottom; longer that it is wide; 17 cm length; 12.5 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:
Victoria Chantoma
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
used in the production of manioc beer; chewed sweet potatoes and chewed corn are forces through the sifter, added to manioc mixture;