Root Storage Bag

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Description: 

"Between weave" twining, closed spacing; cedar, no decoration; cotton muslin edge.,height: 17"; width: 14 1/2"

Community: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, schitsu'umsh [Coeur d'Alene]
Protocol: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Public Access, Coeur d'Alene Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Original Date Description: 
1900-1925
Creator: 
Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians, Maker, Northern Plateau-Interior Salish, 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_45774
Subject: 
Plateau, Coeur d'Alene, Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container)
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
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Cultural Narrative: 

This could be a gunny sack, or maybe a flour sack used for the biding on top. Joyce Swan

They used bluebird flour bags sometimes. This is a root storage bag. Leta Campbell

Title: 
Root Storage Bag
Community: 
schitsu'umsh [Coeur d'Alene]
Protocol: 
Coeur d'Alene Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
gunny sack, flour bag
Contributor: 
Joyce Swan , Leta Campbell
Identifier: 
MAC_45774_CDA