Title
Bag 8
Subject
handbag
Description
Handbags like this are still considered standard personal accessories for Plateau women today. Highly individual in their decorative treatment, they are used on special occasions and are explicit assertions of Indian identity.
Schlick Collection
Cotton twine, cornhusk, woolen yarn
Schlick Collection
Cotton twine, cornhusk, woolen yarn
Creator
Nez Perce
Date
late 19th-early 20th c.
Contributor
Photograph by David Calco, Allen Memorial Art Museum; Item posted by Rachel Mead
Original Format
photo of bag; obtained from original Closing the Circle website: http://www.oberlin.edu/external/circle/bag_08.htm and http://www.oberlin.edu/external/circle/bag_08_side2.htm