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Single walled plaited basket with double rim and twisted cane splint handle with aniline dyes
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Single walled plaited sifter tray with double rim / Unknown

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Cherokee sifter basket. Hard wood rim for the support wrapped in river cane. Part of a food processing basket set. The openings at the bottom are wider.

Tags: single walled, double rim, river cane
People: Cherokee
Places: possibly Oklahoma or North Carolina
Purpose: domestic use, commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Single walled plaited sifter tray with double rim
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century
Place: 
Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
rivercane, walnut
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Containers and Vessels
Object Type: 
Basket
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest D. Bright
Accession No: 
71.518
Previous Number(s): 
TL1973; 7127.518; 40812
Department: 
Anthropology
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