Bottle

Museum number:
5-15593
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015593
Alternate number:
IA21 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Bottle, glass, leather covered, round; leather stopper attached to neck with thong; square exterior, with rectangular packets sewn on; height: 19.7 cm; width: 9.3 cm.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Abomey, Republic of Benin
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey); collected in Abomey
Culture or time period:
Benin
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Glass (material) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Leather packets "probably contain Koranic prayers written in Arabic.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-15593, described as Bottle, glass, leather covered, round; leather stopper attached to neck with thong; square exterior, with rectangular packets sewn on; height: 19.7 cm; width: 9.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-15593, described as Bottle, glass, leather covered, round; leather stopper attached to neck with thong; square exterior, with rectangular packets sewn on; height: 19.7 cm; width: 9.3 cm.

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