Bottle

Museum number:
5-11676
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011676
Accession number:
Acc.2779
Description:
Bottle, Sudan, Nubia. August, 1971 5-11676, acc no. 2779, file code 1.5. Collector: unknown Donor: Palo Alto Jr. Museum. Materials, techniques: leather, glass trade beads, cowrie shells Context of use: canteen or water bottle Description: canteen; leather; one face has elaborate glass trade bead and shell decoration with central metal ornament (1 string beads and shells missing); cowrie shells along base; basal leather fringe; rectangular shape with elongated neck; w. 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Collection place:
Nubia, Northern Africa, Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Sudan; Nubia
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
August, 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-11676, described as Bottle, Sudan, Nubia. August, 1971 5-11676, acc no. 2779, file code 1.5. Collector: unknown Donor: Palo Alto Jr. Museum. Materials, techniques: leather, glass trade beads, cowrie shells Context of use: canteen or water bottle Description: canteen; leather; one face has elaborate glass trade bead and shell decoration with central metal ornament (1 string beads and shells missing); cowrie shells along base; basal leather fringe; rectangular shape with elongated neck; w. 17.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-11676, described as Bottle, Sudan, Nubia. August, 1971 5-11676, acc no. 2779, file code 1.5. Collector: unknown Donor: Palo Alto Jr. Museum. Materials, techniques: leather, glass trade beads, cowrie shells Context of use: canteen or water bottle Description: canteen; leather; one face has elaborate glass trade bead and shell decoration with central metal ornament (1 string beads and shells missing); cowrie shells along base; basal leather fringe; rectangular shape with elongated neck; w. 17.5 cm.

Tools