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Unknown Maker, Wasco

"Sally" bag

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Wasco

Culture

Wasco, Native North American

Title

"Sally" bag

Year

1800s

Medium

  • Native hemp,
  • tule,
  • rush,
  • grass; Z-ply elements,
  • full turn or external weft-wrapped (false embroidery) twining

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Native hemp,
  • tule,
  • rush,
  • grass; Z-ply elements,
  • full turn or external weft-wrapped (false embroidery) twining

Materials

hemp, cornhusk

Geography

Place Made: Northwest Coast

Dimensions

Height: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1997.24.21

Type

  • Fiber Art

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 13: Storage

The RISD Museum’s thirteenth issue of Manual unpacks the idea and reality of storage-objects museums don’t put on view, works made as containers of various sorts, and more metaphorical considerations about how meanings and narratives are stored. This issue serves as a companion to the Raid the Icebox Now series of exhibitions on view at the RISD Museum through November 2020, in which nine contemporary artists and design collectives use the museum and its collections as a site for critical creative production and presentation. Raid the Icebox Now marks the 50th anniversary of Raid the Icebox 1 with Andy Warhol*, held in 1970 at the RISD Museum.

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets
Weavings from the American West
Jul 02, 2004 – Oct 10, 2004

Label copy

The pattern of stylized human figures on this bag is known to date back to the pre-contact culture of the region’s native inhabitants. The Lewis and Clark expedition collected an example with a similar design on their way westward in 1804. Six of the figures bear a stylized human face similar to one found on ancient petroglyphs in the area, known as a mythical being called She Who Watches.

Anonymous gift 1997.24.21

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Wasco
"Sally" bag, 1800s
Native hemp, tule, rush, grass; Z-ply elements, full turn or external weft-wrapped (false embroidery) twining
Height: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 inches)
Anonymous gift 1997.24.21

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