Smithsonian Institution

Untitled (Memory Bottle with Harmonica and Razor)

early 20th century

Type: Sculpture; Folk Art
Medium: glass bottle with composition dough embedded with metal, plastic, glass, and wood objects, gilded with bronze paint
Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. diam. (31.3 x 16.1 cm. diam.)
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

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