Bottle

Museum number:
9-11632
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
bottle; sprayer bottle; tin cylindrical bottle with red painted wood handle on plunger. Length closed 24.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1968-1970
Materials:
Paint (coating), Tin (metal), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
for Holi Festival
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
closed— length 24.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 9-11632, described as bottle; sprayer bottle; tin cylindrical bottle with red painted wood handle on plunger. Length closed 24.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 9-11632, described as bottle; sprayer bottle; tin cylindrical bottle with red painted wood handle on plunger. Length closed 24.5 cm.

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