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On View In:
Gallery 236
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Artist:
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Artist Unknown
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Title:
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Wine bottle with stopper
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Date:
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mid-20th century
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Medium:
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Gourd, plant fiber, wood, cloth, cowrie shells, beads
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Dimensions:
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23 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (59.06 x 21.59 x 21.59 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of George W. Rickey in memory of Edith L. Rickey
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Location:
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Gallery 236
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Artist Unknown
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Tools, Equipment and Utilitarian Objects
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Physical Description:
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rounded body on thick base; long, thin neck; beaded overall in blue and white with diamond, triangle and banded designs. Stopper is beaded with green base, blue and yellow diamond pattern with 3 shapes down the back; face and sides have triangular white beaded areas; tail covered in shells.
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Creation Place:
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Africa, Cameroon, West Africa region, ,
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Accession #:
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2001.272.26
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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