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Native American, Western United States, Nevada, Paiute or Washoe culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A group of 3 glass bottles that are encased in beadwork using a netted stitching technique. The glass is upcycled from a small amber apothecary style jar, an old soda bottle, and a canning / condiment jar with a metal lid. The use of glass vessels was purely decorative art and catered to tourists. Size of soda bottle: 2.5″ W x 8.75″ H (6.4 cm x 22.2 cm)
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Condition: Fraying to some threads on the rim of the small jar and missing several beads, and loss to some threads and beads on the soda bottle rim, with glue added to prevent further unraveling. Lidded jar beadwork is intact!
Provenance: private Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA collection
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