Bottle and lid

Museum number:
1-233506a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101233506a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2938
Description:
a) Bottle, made of glass. Rounded rectangular shape, basketry-covered. Horizontal bands of design in straw-color, rust red, and black; openwork between bands. Plain twining in willow root weft with overlay of xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and woodwardia fern fiber. b) Lid. Made of pewter; screwtop.
Donor:
Virginia Peck Jurgensen
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk and Shasta
Collector:
J. W. Peck
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters and width 8.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-233506a,b, described as a) Bottle, made of glass. Rounded rectangular shape, basketry-covered. Horizontal bands of design in straw-color, rust red, and black; openwork between bands. Plain twining in willow root weft with overlay of xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and woodwardia fern fiber. b) Lid. Made of pewter; screwtop.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-233506a,b, described as a) Bottle, made of glass. Rounded rectangular shape, basketry-covered. Horizontal bands of design in straw-color, rust red, and black; openwork between bands. Plain twining in willow root weft with overlay of xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and woodwardia fern fiber. b) Lid. Made of pewter; screwtop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-233506a,b, described as a) Bottle, made of glass. Rounded rectangular shape, basketry-covered. Horizontal bands of design in straw-color, rust red, and black; openwork between bands. Plain twining in willow root weft with overlay of xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and woodwardia fern fiber. b) Lid. Made of pewter; screwtop.

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