Cleveland Museum of Art

Sifting Basket

Date

before 1915

Medium

Plant fibers and dye

Culture

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, possibly Chokwe-style maker

Department

African Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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