ID: 700000135 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000135	Record Type: Movable Work
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Canteen (canteen (container); unknown Northern Paiute (Paviotso) [Walker River]; 1900/1920; National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC, Unit...; 10/5314)

Note: Catalog card: Small basketry water bottle, not pitched. Collected and presented by Charles F. Nesler. Although not pitched, probably a canteen.

Titles:

Canteen (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Small Seed or Water-Carrying Basket (C,U,FO,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

canteen (container) [300237682] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for storing or transporting food>)

basket (container) [300194498]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Native American art

Creation Date: 1900/1920

Creator Display:

unknown Northern Paiute (Paviotso) [Walker River] [preferred,VP]

basket maker unknown Northern Paiute (Northern Paiute cultural designation) Extent: execution [500203962]

Locations:

Current: National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC, United States) [500311470] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 10/5314

Other: Creation: Walker River Indian Reservation [2063188] Churchill county (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Willow, horsehair, twine/string, twined, braided; diagonal-twined partially peeled willow with horsehair handle

	willow (wood) [300012498]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	horsehair [300011819]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material, <hair and hair components as materials>, hair (material), <hair by composition or origin>)

	twining [300228538]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile construction processes and techniques>)

	weaving [300053642]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process))

	braiding [300053638]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>)

Dimensions: 17 x 13 cm

Cultures:

Northern Paiute (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	storage [300056390]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), functional concepts (general)) (AAT)

	transporting [300053892]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>) (AAT)

Provenance: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles F. Nesler (1864-ca. 1940, an inspector with the US Indian Service, circa 1900); donated to MAI in 1921.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Canteen	........ [VP]
	........ NMAI [online] (2005-)
Small Seed or Water-Carrying Basket	........ [VP]
	........ NMAI [online] (2005-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... NMAI [online] (2005-)