ID: 700008858 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008858	Record Type: Movable Work
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Rosewater Bottle (rosewater bottle; unknown Somali peoples; mid-20th century)

Note: Bottle for holding rosewater; traditionally used for the ritual washing that precedes Islamic prayers.

Titles:

Rosewater Bottle (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

rosewater bottle [300404830] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: mid-20th century

Creator Display:

unknown Somali peoples [preferred,VP]

creators unknown Somali (Somalian national designation) [500372707]

Locations:

National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 76-16-12

Credit Line: Gift of the Loughrans

Display Materials: Glass, silver alloy

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	silver alloy [300010975]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: 25.5 x 7 x 7 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

(preferred)

Islamic

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Rosewater Bottle	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)