Basket
Sifter
38069
Location: On Display in the Native North America Gallery
From: United States of America | Oklahoma
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38069 |
| Current Location | Native North America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Creek | Muscogee |
| Provenience | United States of America | Oklahoma |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Date Made | ca. 1830-1900 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cane (plant) |
| Technique | Split | Basketry |
| Description | Square basket tray of split cane. Used by the Creeks in the manufacture of "softly", a kind of hominy, a standard dish of the Creek Indians. |
| Height | 11.43 cm |
| Length | 38.1 cm |
| Width | 42.55 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
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