Many @Interior bureaus & offices work on issues related to ecosystem preservation and the well-being of pollinators🦋🦇🐝🐦. For the remainder of #PollinatorWeek we'll be showcasing pollinators & flowers featured on objects within the @InteriorMuseum's collection.
First up: a bird effigy pitcher from the late 1800s (INTR 01362). Expedition photographer John K. Hillers (1843-1925) collected this ceramic vessel in the American SW. Throughout history, creatures important to daily life are often represented in functional & artistic pieces. 
🦋#PollinatorWeek: These stickers are for tagging monarch butterflies! Placed on the "discal cell" of a monarch's hind wing, it doesn't harm the butterfly or its ability to fly. Each has a serial # aiding scientists documenting flight paths of migrating monarchs. (INTR 07311)
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