Bag
29-175-682
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-682 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Wishram |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Plateau Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Twine | Corn Husk (uncertain) |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Flexible twined basket-bag; conical, bottom edge is rounded. Warp of commercial twine (unravelled), weft of corn husk (or grass); top edge is finished off with braided twine and covered with red flannel loosely sewn on and now partly gone. Short rawhide handle attached on one side. Design panel going a-round sides done in wrapped twining and con-sists of weft materials dyed black forming 6 vertical lines of finsh, four in each line; probably salmon; enclosed by single row of black at top and bottom. |
| Height | 15.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 9431 - Collector Number |
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