BOTTLE, TOILET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAINTED BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1985
- Date Range To
- 1992
- Materials
- GLASS, BONE, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048038
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAINTED BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1985
- Date Range To
- 1992
- Materials
- GLASS, BONE, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 8.1
- Length
- 2.1
- Width
- 4.5
- Description
- BOTTLE IS MADE OF TRANSLUCENT GLASS WITH A PICTURE OF A WOMAN PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES. THE CAP IS ORANGE, AND HAS A LONG BEIGE STICK WHICH DESCENDS INTO THE PIECE (AS AN APPLICATOR?). THE BOTTLE IS CONTAINED IN A BOX THAT HAS A GREEN AND BLUE DESIGN SUPERIMPOSED OVER A LIGHT BROWN BACKGROUND. THE INTERIOR IS WHITE, WITH PADDING THAT SURROUNDS THE BOTTLE ITSELF. A LATCH IS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF THE BOX AND IS MADE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE BONE ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE PLASTIC. ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX, THE WORDS "FROM HEIBEI CHINA 1992".
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- POLITICS
- History
- FROM HENGSHUI CITY, HEBEI PROVINCE. DURING MAYOR CARPENTERS STAY IN OFFICE, THERE WAS AN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE BETWEEN LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA, AND HENGSHUI CITY HEBEI PROVINCE OVER THE COURSE OF 5 YEARS. AS IS THE CUSTOM IN S.E. ASIA, DURING AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO A FOREIGN NATION, A GIFT IS GIVEN. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF GIFT TO THE HOST COUNTRY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048038
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-02
- Collection
- Museum
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