Ceramic, earthenware, two piece; black finish with three ascending rows of triangles joined at bases; lid fastened to top of pouch with white buckskin thongs.
Donor:
Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Maker or artist:
George Blake Jr.
Collector:
Margaret Mathewson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Production date:
1992
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 6.1 centimeters and height 6.3 centimeters
Comment:
Note from exhibition label: "Blake used a yellow glaze [in triangles] to emulate porcupine quills." See also 1-259120.