Molded rawhide round tobacco (or medicine?) canteen with wood stopper, narrow neck. Two pieces of rawhide stitched together. A design has been applied with pointed tool.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Rio Grande Valley
Culture or time period:
Pueblo tribes and Spanish American
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canteens (vessels)
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco (or medicine?) canteen.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 7 centimeters and height 8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: See Adair, "Navaho & Pueblo Silversmiths", p. 12 and Pl. 11; also Mera, "Indian Silver Work of the Southwest", p. 114.