It’s a message between smugglers, concealed in a whiskey bottle.
B.
Bottles like this were placed strategically along major routes through Louisiana tied to the base of fence posts, containing maps that provided guidance to travelers.
C.
It is an example of a “border bottle,” which surveyors buried along Louisiana’s border with the Republic of Texas with information about the location of boundaries.
D.
It is a bottle containing messages to loved ones who had passed away, commonly placed as votive offerings on altars or gravesites.
