Sifter Basket
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Item's Choctaw Name: Ishshoha
Item's English Name: Sifter Basket
Age: early 1900s?
Material: Split River Cane
Dimensions: Width (corner to corner) = 26 cm Rim diameter = 37.3 cm Height = 10.5 cm
Origin: Watson, OK
Current Owner: Museum of the Red River #93.21.2
Location: Idabel, OK
Notes: Used for separating out the larger pieces of prushed nuts and corn, baskets like this were common utensils in the early Choctaw kitchen.
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