Bottle

Museum number:
5-4667a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054667a@2cb
Alternate number:
B54 & B60 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Description:
(B60) Glass bottle (birelle: flask) inside (B54) coiled multicolor dyed basketry container (Birelle Bef: flask house) with leather carrying straps; height 19 cm. Bottle obtained by trade; used by male and female of all groups; container made by female Qemant, Amhara, Falasha, & Wäyto; for serving ted; (honey-mead). Collected ca. 1965.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ethiopia; Kärkär district; Qemant Agäw tribe (Murdock 22:6)
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection date:
ca. 1965
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-4667a,b, described as (B60) Glass bottle (birelle: flask) inside (B54) coiled multicolor dyed basketry container (Birelle Bef: flask house) with leather carrying straps; height 19 cm. Bottle obtained by trade; used by male and female of all groups; container made by female Qemant, Amhara, Falasha, & Wäyto; for serving ted; (honey-mead). Collected ca. 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 5-4667a,b, described as (B60) Glass bottle (birelle: flask) inside (B54) coiled multicolor dyed basketry container (Birelle Bef: flask house) with leather carrying straps; height 19 cm. Bottle obtained by trade; used by male and female of all groups; container made by female Qemant, Amhara, Falasha, & Wäyto; for serving ted; (honey-mead). Collected ca. 1965.

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