Root Gathering Bag

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Description: 

Round, twined, cylinder, root gathering bag, made of twined cotton. Tight construction. Flat bottom. Faded, dyed, purple and pink, striped design. Top bound in buckskin, with one buckskin handle. Buckskin ties hanging down near the top edge., height: 8 1/2"; Diameter: 7"; circumference: 22"

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_18730
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: 

The stings was very small they went one string at a time, I went crazy when I tried that! The inside is tied, they must have worked on this a long time to make it keep going flat like that on the bottom. Whoever taught them taught the well and they listened. Arlita Rhoan

These are the more modern bags, it’s flat bottom, it looks like they started out small, this was quite an artist. Valerie Switzler

Title: 
Root Gathering Bag
Community: 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Protocol: 
Warm Springs Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
bag, flat bottom
Contributor: 
Arlita Rhoan, Valerie Switzler
Identifier: 
MAC_18730_WS