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Object Number
15-36-10/86279
Display Title
Bag of twined plant fiber ornamented with design in colored yarns.
Descriptions
Object Description
Bag of woven/twined plant fiber (corn husk, indian hemp?), decorated with wool embroidery in red, yellow, blue, black, green, purple yarns. One side of the bag is embroidered with a vertical zig-zag pattern, the other side with opposing triangles set between horizontal tri-color bands. A semi-tanned deerskin handle is stitched to this side w/ black cotton thread. The opening has a skin thong drawstring.
Inventory Description
Bag, woven vegetable fiber, multi-hue embroidered geometric motifs
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Sahaptian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 27 x 1.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86279
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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