Cemented Water Vessel Of Basket Work
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875 to 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM ACCESSION FILE, "LIST OF ARTICLES COLLECTED FROM THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA, IN 1875 AND 1876, BY STEPHEN POWERS": "19029, 'OSSAH,' A WILLOW JUG, SHAPED LIKE AN AMPHORA, AND RENDERED WATER-TIGHT BY A CEMENT OF HOT PITCH. EARS OR HANDLES OF MILKWEED FIBRE. THE PIUTES USED TO CAMP ON HIGH PLACES TO PREVENT BEING SURPRISED BY AN ARMY, AND THE WOMEN WERE OBLIGED TO BRING WATER UP TO CAMP IN THESE JUGS." ... PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE ABOVE WAS ON THE PART OF THE LIST UNDER THE SUBHEADING OF "PIUTES, PYRAMID LAKE, NEVADA." FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1902 PL. 204; P. 548."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Washoe County / Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E19029-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket