Bag 14

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Title

Bag 14

Subject

storage bag

Description

This bag features a dramatic banded design that is embroidered in a zig-zag motif with brightly colored yarns in purple, red, green, turquoise and black.

Schlick Collection

Hemp, cornhusk, colored yarns, leather

Creator

Nez Perce or Cayuse

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_14.htm and http://www.oberlin.edu/external/circle/bag_14_side2.htm