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Flour sieve - wooden sides and perforated metal bottom. Insafa
Flour sieve - wooden sides and perforated metal bottom. Insafa
Object Number 49-14-50/8213
Display Title Flour sieve - wooden sides and perforated metal bottom. Insafa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Insafa
Inventory Description Sieve, pigmenetd wood frame w perforated metal screen, vegetable fiber loop
Classification
  • Sieve
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials Wood, Pigment, Metal, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 28.1 x 23.2 cm (3 1/8 x 11 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
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