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Hearst Museum object titled Batting, accession number 4-4713, described as Batting w/ Strings
Hearst Museum object titled Batting, accession number 4-4723, described as Wad of quilted cotton ca.8”square
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 4-4690, described as Eleven gold beads (four of which were ceded to Mr. Mazzei) and numerous fine stone beads.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4683, described as Double spout bottle decorated with multicolored segmented circles. Height 11.2 cm.; diameter 9.5 cm. Painted in seven colors. The circles are white, flesh, purple, grey and brown on an orange background. The spouts and the bottom are black. The vessel is fragmentary and much of the pigment is flaked off. The vessel has a very peculiar shape and appears almost square. The sides have a slight concavity. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 28e; and Kroeber, 1956, Plate 35b.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4678, described as Miniature bottle with small modeled face on one of the spouts and body of the vessel decorated with white dots. Height 5.6 cm.; diameter 4.5 cm. Painted in three colors. The spouts are black; the white dots are on a purple ground and the bottom is unslipped. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Plate 34d.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 16-6863, described as Nasca polychrome double-spouted bottle, broken and repaired, sputs missing; 7 1/4” dia.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4706, described as Double spout bottle painted with three birds, one of which appears to be different from the other two. Height 15.8 cm.; maximum diameter 13.5 cm. Painted in five colors. Two of the birds are red with white spots and the third white with red spots. The wing segments are grey and the feathers are black as are the spouts. The body of one of the birds is orange and it has orange feet. The paint is flaking badly in places. The spouts appear to have a slight skirt around the bases. The bottom of the vessel is quite flat. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Plate 34c.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4691, described as Double spout bottle painted with two humming birds with their beaks in flowers. Height 17.3 cm.; diameter (maximum) 13.7 cm. Painted in five colors. The body of the vessel except the bottom is painted white. The spouts are black with a crackled finish. The birds are outlined in black and have black feathers; upper body parts and tail feathers, are grey, and pouches are orange. The lower part of the bodies are red. The spouts are quite lumpy, and the walls are thick and heavy. The spouts are joined to the body with a distinct ridge. There are fire clouds on the bottom. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 25e; and Uhle, 1903, p. 780.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4679, described as Flaring bowl decorated with ten beans. Height 6.8 cm.; diameter 13.1 cm. Painted in five colors. The parts of the beans alternate in purple and orange. Outlining is in black and the background is white. The rim band is purple and the interior and exterior bottom are red. There appears to be some sort of "ghost" outline inside the regular outline. A small bean is squeezed in to keep the alternation even. One small area has been repainted. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 26c.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4695, described as Flaring bowl decorated with multi,colored doughnut-shaped elements Which also cover the bottom. Height 4.6 cm.;.diameter 11.6 cm. Painted in 5 colors. the doughnut elements are dark red, purple, grey and white on a black background. The rim band is purple and the interior dark red. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Plate 33a.

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