Fanner Basket
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Item's Choctaw Name: Ufko Item's English Name: Fanner Basket
Age: early 1900s?
Material: Split River Cane
Dimensions: Length = 52.0 cm Width = 41.9 cm Height = 10.2 cm
Origin: Oklahoma
Current Owner: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Council House Museum Location: Tuskahoma, OK
Notes: Baskets such as this, were an essential item for the Choctaw kitchen. After parched corn was ground in a mortar and pestle, it would be placed in the fanner basket, and then carefully thrown up in the air to remove the chaff. |
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