cassava flour sifter, unrecorded Chokwe artist

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cassava flour sifter, late 1800s–1914
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: plant fiber; weaving
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.0938
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
This type of basket was used for sifting manioc flour. It is made of thinly split bamboo stalks and raffia fibers.

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