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Coiled basket tray
Unidentified
Coiled basket tray with human, animal, and geometric designs
Unidentified
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Winnowing tray / Unidentified

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Winnowing tray basket.

Curatorial Remarks

This basket is not Apache; it's not Native American at all. It's a Chinese rice basket used for winnowing rice.

Tags: winnowing tray
People: Chinese
Places: Asia
Purpose: domestic use

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

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Title(s): 
Winnowing tray
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Apache or Chinese
Date: 
early 20th century
Period: 
Historic
Materials/Techniques: 
willow
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.398
Previous Number(s): 
7137.398
Department: 
Anthropology
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