Canteen

Museum number:
2-3853
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.42
Description:
Molded rawhide round tobacco canteen with narrow neck, wood stopper. Two pieces of rawhide stitched together. Design on one side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Rio Grande Valley
Culture or time period:
Pueblo tribes and Spanish American
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canteens (vessels)
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco canteen
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10.7 centimeters and diameter 11 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: See Adair, "Navaho & Pueblo Silversmiths", p. 12 and Pl. 11; also Mera, "Indian Silver Work of the Southwest", p. 114.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-3853, described as Molded rawhide round tobacco canteen with narrow neck, wood stopper. Two pieces of rawhide stitched together. Design on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-3853, described as Molded rawhide round tobacco canteen with narrow neck, wood stopper. Two pieces of rawhide stitched together. Design on one side.

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