Bag

late 19th-early 20th century

The Nez Perce and Klickitat are "horse people" and used woven bags and baskets for collecting and transporting roots, berries and other foods. Flexible flat bags of local hemp were embellished with a yellow background of corn husk; then colored decorative elements were added using a “false embroidery” technique. Patterns are stylizations of natural elements and, occasionally, pictorial images.

Indian hemp, corn husk, leather, and wool

16 15/16 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (43.1 x 29.2 x 3 cm)

Overall h.: 53.3 cm

Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

81.17.1323

Photo: Scott Leen

Not currently on view

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