Bag

45-15-23

From: United States of America | Montana | Western Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Shahaptian (uncertain) | Salish (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Western Montana
Culture Area Plateau Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hemp | Wool | Grass | Hide
Technique Twined
Description

Pack bag, twined Indian hemp, wool, grass, false embroidery. Design: face, thirteen large concentric diamonds, angular borders. Reverse: three columns of stacked triangles - chiefly red, yellow pairs, draw thong.

Length 157.48 cm
Width 127 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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