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<p>[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 9921300, member: 16407"]Found this today. I have no evidence that it's tribal, but it could be. I can't find anything online like it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The bottle</b>: It's clear glass, 11.5" / 29cm tall, and flares slightly inward halfway down the straight sides. It has a seam, so was not hand made. The mouth has intermittent straight threads for the (missing) cap (ie, the threads are not angled down for tightening). Perhaps this can help date the bottle itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The weaving</b>: pine needles, with some sort of glue or shellac on them to make them hard and durable. There is a small amount of 'play' between the basket / weaving and the bottle itself, suggesting it has expanded over time. Wear on the bottom is less than I might otherwise expect, since it seems older. There's darkened dust on the top portion of the weaving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help identifying where or when this might have come from will be much appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498350[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498355[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 9921300, member: 16407"]Found this today. I have no evidence that it's tribal, but it could be. I can't find anything online like it. [B]The bottle[/B]: It's clear glass, 11.5" / 29cm tall, and flares slightly inward halfway down the straight sides. It has a seam, so was not hand made. The mouth has intermittent straight threads for the (missing) cap (ie, the threads are not angled down for tightening). Perhaps this can help date the bottle itself. [B]The weaving[/B]: pine needles, with some sort of glue or shellac on them to make them hard and durable. There is a small amount of 'play' between the basket / weaving and the bottle itself, suggesting it has expanded over time. Wear on the bottom is less than I might otherwise expect, since it seems older. There's darkened dust on the top portion of the weaving. Any help identifying where or when this might have come from will be much appreciated! [ATTACH=full]498350[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498355[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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