Bag

Museum number:
2-5279
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3267 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.131
Description:
Soft; twined scirpus rush weft, scirpus and jute warp; decoration in xerophyllum overlay and red and black wool yarn weft. bagged detached fiber
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Chehalis County, Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Chehalis
Culture or time period:
Chehalis from Washington
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1904 and August 1901
Context of use:
Carrying bag. Carried by men, hung from the shoulder under one arm.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 61 centimeters and depth 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-5279, described as Soft; twined scirpus rush weft, scirpus and jute warp; decoration in xerophyllum overlay and red and black wool yarn weft. bagged detached fiberHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-5279, described as Soft; twined scirpus rush weft, scirpus and jute warp; decoration in xerophyllum overlay and red and black wool yarn weft. bagged detached fiber
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5279, described as Soft; twined scirpus rush weft, scirpus and jute warp; decoration in xerophyllum overlay and red and black wool yarn weft. bagged detached fiberDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5279, described as Soft; twined scirpus rush weft, scirpus and jute warp; decoration in xerophyllum overlay and red and black wool yarn weft. bagged detached fiber

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