Basket sieve/sifter

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Date created: circa 1830

Culture/People: probably Oneida [New York] (attributed)
Collector: Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane), Non-Indian, 1813-1890
Previous owner: Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane), Non-Indian, 1813-1890; Lois Leach Fox (Lois C. Lane Leach Fox/Mrs. Charles Augustus Leach/Mrs. Samuel P. Fox), Non-Indian, 1846-1949; Pauline G. Davies (Pauline Gerber Davies/Mrs. Arthur Lloyd-Davies), Non-Indian, 1918-2017
Donor: Pauline G. Davies (Pauline Gerber Davies/Mrs. Arthur Lloyd-Davies), Non-Indian, 1918-2017

Collection History: Purchased by Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane, 1813-1890) from an Indian, probably near her home in Talcottville, New York; given to her daughter Lois Leach Fox (1846-1949) in 1856; given by Lois Leach Fox to Pauline Gerber Davies (1918-2017), who was the daughter of a neighbor of Mrs. Fox's in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1928; donated to NMAI by Pauline G. Davies in 2005.
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Place: New York; USA (inferred)

See related items: Oneida [New York]; Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/5360
Barcode: 265360.000

Object Type: Food Gathering and Preparation

Object Name: Basket sieve/sifter
Media/Materials: Woodsplints, paint
Techniques: Plaited, painted
Dimensions: 10.7 x 17.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws606f40caa-d3e6-40cd-8c7b-c710a348f7a5

Record ID: NMAI_281558