Root Gathering Bag

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Description: 

Round, twined, cyllindrical bag. Hemp and cotton weft at top and base, balance cornhusk. Human "Skeleton Man" design with animal figures. Top edged with buckskin., height: 6 1/2"; Diameter: 4 1/4"; circumference: 13"

Community: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Protocol: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Public Access, Warm Springs Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Original Date Description: 
1900-1925
Creator: 
Wasco-Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Maker, Southern Plateau-Sahaptin, culture group
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Copyright for permission to reproduce Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society Spokane, Washington
Source: 
AI Collection
Publisher: 
EWSHS/MAC
Identifier: 
MAC_10605
Subject: 
Plateau, Wasco, Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container), Craft (Tools & Equipment), Carrying & Storage (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear)
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
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Cultural Narrative: 

This is a skeleton man design. It looks like the man and the woman both on this one. Valerie Switzler

The man would walk along way to get the deer that is why he was so skinny. Maxine Switzler

The man was a slender guy, you can tell. This one looks like natural dye, it is not faded at all. Arlita Rhoan

Traditional Knowledge: 

Title: 
Wasco Man Basket
Community: 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Protocol: 
Warm Springs Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
sally bag, deer design, dye, Wasco man
Contributor: 
Maxine Switzler, Arlita Rhoan, Valerie Switzler
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Identifier: 
MAC_10605_WS