Title
Bag 9
Subject
miniature handbag
Description
Possibly a handbag for a child’s doll, or a personal accessory that a senior woman might pin on her dress like a brooch, miniature bags have always been made as a way to demonstrate the weaver’s skill. This bag was made by a Yakama weaver named Lena George.
Schlick Collection
Cotton twine, cornhusk, buckskin leather
Schlick Collection
Cotton twine, cornhusk, buckskin leather
Creator
Lena George, Yakama
Date
1974
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_09.htm and http://www.oberlin.edu/external/circle/bag_09_side2.htm