Bottle

Museum number:
1-233714
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3015
Description:
Covered with twined basketry. Brown glass. Willow shoot warp, wefts of pine root and willow root. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), maidenhair fern (black). Design motif of diagonal squares, openwork on neck and shoulder, and near base.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and height 30.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-233714, described as Covered with twined basketry. Brown glass. Willow shoot warp, wefts of pine root and willow root. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), maidenhair fern (black). Design motif of diagonal squares, openwork on neck and shoulder, and near base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-233714, described as Covered with twined basketry. Brown glass. Willow shoot warp, wefts of pine root and willow root. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), maidenhair fern (black). Design motif of diagonal squares, openwork on neck and shoulder, and near base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-233714, described as Covered with twined basketry. Brown glass. Willow shoot warp, wefts of pine root and willow root. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), maidenhair fern (black). Design motif of diagonal squares, openwork on neck and shoulder, and near base.

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