Bottle

Museum number:
1-255456
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Spiral woven beadwork covers bottle. Blue, red and black glass seed beads form geometric design on translucent yellow background. Some beads missing and thread broken.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-255456, described as Spiral woven beadwork covers bottle. Blue, red and black glass seed beads form geometric design on translucent yellow background. Some beads missing and thread broken.

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