Bottle

Museum number:
2-18131
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut and Atka
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
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:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
A popular curio item made for sale" (fide Lydia Black, 1982).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters and height 30 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation; vacuumed in 1986. Exhibited: Library exhibit, Summer 1968 - "Basketry Covered Bottles.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 2-18131, described as Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 2-18131, described as Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 2-18131, described as Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 2-18131, described as Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 2-18131, described as Quart. Glass; twined basketry covered of split leaves of rye grass, wool decoration in red, white, blue and green. Commercial thread with silk (?) overlay.

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