Woven Twined Bag
Object Details
- Collector
- Herbert W. Krieger
- Donor Name
- Herbert W. Krieger
- PROVENIENCE NOTE: SPEDIS WAS THE PRINCIPAL OLD SETTLEMENT OF THE WISHRAM, LYING 9 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF WISHRAM, ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER ACROSS FROM THE DALLES. From card: "Made by twining weft strands through the warps producing a flat bag closed on three sides. Embroidered overlay with decorative lozenge and rectangles on lateral walls. Weaving elements are bark, a grass Apocynum, so called Indian hemp, and for the decorative lozenges, a commercial yarn in colors. Provided with buckskin drawstring." Flat bag.
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Feb 2025
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Wishram
- Accession Date
- 23 Aug 1935
- Accession Number
- 135869
- USNM Number
- E374064-0
- Object Type
- Bag
- Place
- Spedis, Klickitat County, Washington, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8413000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347c23b72-6659-4eea-bf93-397bbf59364d
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