The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2024

Sifting Basket

Sifting Basket

before 1915
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

F. M. Rapp––who acquired this basket in Congo while working for a diamond mine––attended the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland.

Description

The Chokwe pounded maize into a course flour and then sifted it in order to separate the finest flour for cooking. This domestic object exhibits a refined, elegant artistry in its proportion, shape, and integrated woven textures.
  • by 1915
    (F. M. Rapp, probably by field collection in Portuguese West Africa (Angola) or Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1915–
    by sale to the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • At Home in Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings. The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 4, 2014).
    Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Museum of Art Educational Extension display, Cleveland, OH, 1931.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.464