Bottle

Museum number:
1-233715
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3015
Description:
Clear bottle covered with twined basketry. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), and maidenhair fern (black). Diamond-shaped motif of Xerophyllum fiber. Openwork on 1/4 section of bottle.
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 8.5 centimeters and height 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-233715, described as Clear bottle covered with twined basketry. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), and maidenhair fern (black). Diamond-shaped motif of Xerophyllum fiber. Openwork on 1/4 section of bottle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-233715, described as Clear bottle covered with twined basketry. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), and maidenhair fern (black). Diamond-shaped motif of Xerophyllum fiber. Openwork on 1/4 section of bottle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-233715, described as Clear bottle covered with twined basketry. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light), Woodwardia fern stems (brown), and maidenhair fern (black). Diamond-shaped motif of Xerophyllum fiber. Openwork on 1/4 section of bottle.

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