Trinket Bag

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Description: 

Pair of small, round, twined, bags. Cotton twine warp and weft; cornhusk overlay, yellow with a green stripe design. Sewn from bottom to rim together with twine. Hemp handle. Buckskin ties hang from bottom of both bags., height: 3" each; Diameter: 2" each

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_15466
Subject: 
Plateau, Wasco, Pouch (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear->Carrying & Storage), Carrying & Storage (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear), Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container)
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
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Cultural Narrative: 

The women taught the girls going into puberty to make the small baskets, it keeps them busy, so they would be working on the bags.  Arlita Rhoan

That is what they did with the girls back then, they made their first medallions, their first bags.  Valerie Switzler

Traditional Knowledge: 

Title: 
Puberty Basket
Community: 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Protocol: 
Warm Springs Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
puberty baskets, traditional teaching, basket handling and use
Contributor: 
Maxine Switzler, Arlita Rhoan, Valerie Switzler
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Identifier: 
MAC_15466_WS