Ceramic vessel with double spouts joined by a bridge handle. Its rounded bottom converges to an almost flat top on which two tapered spouts sit, joined by a convex bridge handle. The reddish clay has painted decoration in red, reddish brown, black, grey, white, and yellow ochre. The upper half of the vase has two supernatural figures with serpent-like figures emanating from their bodies vividly painted on a white background. Encircling the vase below these creatures is a series of human heads. The lower section of the vessel is undecorated. Condition; good; some surface abrasions.

Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund

From card: "Twined with decorative designs in woolen yarn wrapping."Catalogued as a basketry bowl, however object currently with this number is a basket twined over a long-necked glass bottle. Atypical for Tlingit; could be Aleut?

FROM CARD: "BOTTLE.--COVERED WITH BASKET WORK. COILED WEAVING OF WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW, AND BROWN SPRUCE ROOT, BLENDED SO AS TO FORM A PLEASING SYSTEM OF CIRCLES. HEIGHT, 11 INCHES; DIAMETER, 3 1/8 INCHES. MAKAH INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON, 1876. 23,309. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Records in SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say this was sent to E Lovett in GB (Great Britain?) in April 1889. Either this is incorrect (it is still here!) or it was later returned to the museum.