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96-2-24A

From: Washington (U. S. State) | Seattle

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 96-2-24A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Makah (uncertain)
Provenience Washington (U. S. State) | Seattle
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Date Made 1880-1890
Section American
Materials Glass | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Technique Twined
Description

Glass bottle covered with basketry. Square of thicker darker brown plant fiber at the bottom. Alternating double lined stripes with thick solid stripes of feaded red pigment around the bottole at the middle of the bottle guaralaterals are enclosed within one set of double lines. Around the bottom rim double thin lines of black pigment above that red dyed stripe with a black zig zag enclosed in two thin black lines.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. Frederica de Laguna, 1996

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