Corn Husk Salt Bottle

Object/Artifact

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Corn Husk Salt Bottle

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.91

Description

A light tan, woven bottle that is widest at the bottom and tapers at the top, like an upside-down funnel. There is a stopper in the top of the bottle.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca
Native American, First Nation

Notes

Six Nations/Haudenosaunee - Onondaga, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

On a tag found inside the bottle

Transcription

IROQRAFTS / Six Nations Grand River Country North America

Language

English

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Label

Location

Other side of a tag found inside the bottle

Transcription

ITEM: / Corn Husk Salt Bottle / BEAR CREEK STORE OURAY, CO. / $22.00 / Summer 1979

Language

English

Material/Technique

Printed, Ink, Pen

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Width measurement taken at base of bottle. Height measurement taken with stopper in bottle.

Material

Plant Fiber

Condition

Overall Condition

Good