Bottle and lid

Museum number:
1-255453a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101255453a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
a) Bottle, b) lid. Spiral woven beadwork covers bottle and forms a separate, fringed lid. Black and red glass seed beads in geometric pattern on translucent yellow, leather on bottom.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 3 centimeters, a)— 10 centimeters, and a)— height 26.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-255453a,b, described as a) Bottle, b) lid. Spiral woven beadwork covers bottle and forms a separate, fringed lid. Black and red glass seed beads in geometric pattern on translucent yellow, leather on bottom.

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