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"Grngilcha" - sifter for cleaning teff grain of rocks and straw that remain afte
"Grngilcha" - sifter for cleaning teff grain of rocks and straw that remain afte
Object Number 973-42-50/11688
Display Title "Grngilcha" - sifter for cleaning teff grain of rocks and straw that remain afte
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Grngilcha
Object Description "Grngilcha" - sifter for cleaning teff grain of rocks and straw that remain after threshing by cattle-tromping. Considered a luxury item for the woman, to be made after other basketry items finished. Unbleached straw; 13" dia. 14 hours to make; $.90 to purchase.
Inventory Description Basket, coiled vegetable fiber, footed base, twisted fiber sifter, flaring rim
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Lemu; Gidda Kiramu; Hero Guduru; Awaraja
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 32.6 x 32.2 cm (3 1/4 x 12 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-42-50/11688

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