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Late 19th/Early 20th Century
8.25" H x 4.125" W
Hand Crafted from Glass Seed Beads with one Side a Red Rose with a Butterfly and the Opposite Side a Red Cross and with a Cork in the Neck
In Very Good Condition A Particularly Handsome Work
A Plateau Beaded Bottle is an antique Native American art object from the Columbia Plateau region (encompassing parts of present-day eastern Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana, home to tribes like the Nez Perce, Yakama, and others). These are glass bottles (often repurposed commercial ones) fully or partially covered in intricate beadwork using small glass seed beads, a craft that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries after European traders introduced colorful glass beads to the area.
Plateau beadwork is renowned for its vibrant colors, tight stitching, and designs that evolved from earlier cornhusk bags to more decorative items. While flat beaded purses/bags, moccasins, cradleboards, and horse regalia are more common, beaded bottles (or similar vessels like jars) appear as rarer, three-dimensional examples. Artisans would bead directly over the glass form, sometimes extending over the neck or lip, creating functional or decorative containers—possibly for holding liquids, powders, or as ornamental pieces.
Condition:
Very Good
Tribe:
Plateau
Year Range:
1875 - 1900
Region:
Plateau
Dimensions:
8.25 in4.13 in
