Bag

Museum number:
2-68413
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4157
Description:
Bag, loosely woven; twining and plain weave; wefts are colored rag strips of black, red, magenta and brown; warp elements of inner bark strands and red and black rag strips; width 46 cm, length 7 cm.
Donor:
Marian Steinbach
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Culture or time period:
Interior Salish and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Similar bag illustrated in Miles and Bovis American Indian and Eskimo Basketry, page 143, called perhaps interior British Columbia." See Dawson note in accession envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-68413, described as Bag, loosely woven; twining and plain weave; wefts are colored rag strips of black, red, magenta and brown; warp elements of inner bark strands and red and black rag strips; width 46 cm, length 7 cm.

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