Bottle stopper

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Date created: AD 600-800 (Basketmaker III period)

Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition: Whitmore Exploring Expedition (1897)
Expedition leader: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
Previous owner: Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944; B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Seller: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collected or excavated between January and March 1897 during the Whitmore Exploring Expedition led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by Charles E. Whitmore Jr. (1870-ca. 1940) and George Bowles; sold circa 1897 to B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Grand Gulch; San Juan County; Utah; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/5343
Barcode: 055343.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Bottle stopper
Media/Materials: Oak, oak leaf/leaves, acorn/acorns, vegetal fiber
Techniques: Bent, wrapped, tied
Dimensions: 35 x 8 x 9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67012b972-e13e-4c0a-8603-7fe60d598a07

Record ID: NMAI_59273