Cassava sifter with two parallel wooden sticks running along each side, and bound together by wire and string. Open work basketry along the base, with tighter basketry along the sides. [BH [OPS Move] 12/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cassava sifter with two parallel wooden sticks running along each side, and bound together by wire and string. Open work basketry along the base, with tighter basketry along the sides. [BH [OPS Move] 12/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Suriname
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Suriname; Langa Tabiki Paramakka
Cultural groups: Maroon; Aukan
Person: Field collector Cambridge Expedition to Langa Tabiki; Field collector David Hugh-Jones; PRM source Cambridge Expedition to Langa Tabiki; PRM source David Hugh-Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1965
Date collected: 1965
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1965
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Metal Wire, Material String, Process Woven
Dimensions: Height: max 81 mm, Width: max 520 mm, Length: max 530 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1965.12.17
Research and responses: It is not clear whether ‘Paramakka’ refers to places or people. According to Ethnologue, it can refer to a language. 'Maroons' is the group name used by LMM in the original version of this record. [SHD 24/8/2000]

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