Lidded basketry covered bottle.

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Object Description

Object Name

Bottle

Object ID

1965.009.005

Title

Lidded basketry covered bottle.

Description

Quart sized liquor bottle with cover made of First Nations weaving. Item has two components (a-bottle, b-lid). The woven cover has a pattern of what appears to be a dog with red and yellow lines in different designs along the cover as well.

The style of weaving around a bottle is associated with both Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) and màq̓áʔa (Makah) First Nations.

People/Subject

Māori (Maori)

The Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

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