E0962: Nicaragua - Ceramic Water Bottle

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0962

Classification Category:

7:Distribution & Transportation Artifacts ➞ Container

Marks/Labels:

"P.B." painted on side. "Made by natives of Nicaragua, water bottle/ A.S. Brooks" on paper tag glued to side.

Materials:

clay
colorant ➔ pigment

Dimensions:

13.5 cm W
24.5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

Collected by A.S. Brooks possibly ca. 1880s in Nicaragua, donated at some point to the Luther College Museum. This object was transferred to the Luther College Archaeological Research Laboratory in 1971 from the Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah.

Source Locality:

Nicaragua

Acquisition Date:

1888

Description:

Clay water bottle with a round body on a ridge base. Three red flowers each framed by two stems covered with many small green leaflets. Below these is a green band. The letters "P.B." painted in large green letters.

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