Bottle

Museum number:
1-71082
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071082
Alternate number:
28 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Tag: "28 label says Modoc 14X 5" but closely like L. J. Lee of Quincy #64, 83 Pitt River L.L.L.". Achumawi or Atsugewi. Conifer root weft, beargrass background overlay, maidenhair fern designs. Designs include cross bands at shoulder and base, and a quail plume design around middle of bottle. Primarily plain twining, base has three strand twining, at shoulder lattice twining. Cordage at top of neck, perhaps for repair. Has separate cap. Also has handle.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Achumawi and Atsugewi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 14 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-71082, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Tag: "28 label says Modoc 14X 5" but closely like L. J. Lee of Quincy #64, 83 Pitt River L.L.L.". Achumawi or Atsugewi. Conifer root weft, beargrass background overlay, maidenhair fern designs. Designs include cross bands at shoulder and base, and a quail plume design around middle of bottle. Primarily plain twining, base has three strand twining, at shoulder lattice twining. Cordage at top of neck, perhaps for repair. Has separate cap. Also has handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-71082, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Tag: "28 label says Modoc 14X 5" but closely like L. J. Lee of Quincy #64, 83 Pitt River L.L.L.". Achumawi or Atsugewi. Conifer root weft, beargrass background overlay, maidenhair fern designs. Designs include cross bands at shoulder and base, and a quail plume design around middle of bottle. Primarily plain twining, base has three strand twining, at shoulder lattice twining. Cordage at top of neck, perhaps for repair. Has separate cap. Also has handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-71082, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Tag: "28 label says Modoc 14X 5" but closely like L. J. Lee of Quincy #64, 83 Pitt River L.L.L.". Achumawi or Atsugewi. Conifer root weft, beargrass background overlay, maidenhair fern designs. Designs include cross bands at shoulder and base, and a quail plume design around middle of bottle. Primarily plain twining, base has three strand twining, at shoulder lattice twining. Cordage at top of neck, perhaps for repair. Has separate cap. Also has handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-71082, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Tag: "28 label says Modoc 14X 5" but closely like L. J. Lee of Quincy #64, 83 Pitt River L.L.L.". Achumawi or Atsugewi. Conifer root weft, beargrass background overlay, maidenhair fern designs. Designs include cross bands at shoulder and base, and a quail plume design around middle of bottle. Primarily plain twining, base has three strand twining, at shoulder lattice twining. Cordage at top of neck, perhaps for repair. Has separate cap. Also has handle.

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