Sally Bag
Artist/Culture
Skokomish
Date1800s
Mediumwoven and dyed plant material
Dimensions25.8 x 17.2 cm (10 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsCanework
Credit LineGift of David Hale Fanning
Terms
Object number1922.93
DescriptionBasket with dark brown patterns of standing people (bottom) deer, and birds.Label TextThe Wasco lived along the Columbia River west of the Cascade Mountains in the Northwest part of present-day Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. They and their neighbors made twined cylindrical baskets called sally bags. Like most Northwest Coast people, the Wasco lived in permanent villages most of the year. Thus, they were able to accumulate a store of dried food, tools and utensils, and personal goods such as clothing for which they made these handsome storage bags. The human and animal decorations refer to myth cycles which tell the origin of the world and its inhabitants. ProvenanceOwnership history unknown. David Hale Fanning, Worcester, MA; to Worcester Art Museum, 1922
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