- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Square basket sieve for cassava bound round a double cane frame which overlaps at the corners. [CW [OPS move] 28/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Akawaio
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Sarah Constance Silver
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- By 1906
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1906
- Materials and processes
- Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Length: max 404 mm, Height: max 55 mm, Width: max 410 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.20.85
Search terms: Food and Drink, Basketry, Cassava Accessory, Sieve, Food Accessory
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