Sack Made Of Indian Hemp To Carry Grain
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WALLET MADE OF INDIAN HEMP: IN TWINED WEAVING ORNAMENTED WITH FILAMENTS OF CORNHUSKS WHIPPED ON THE OUTER LAYER OF THE TWINED WEAVING IN TRIANGULAR PATTERNS." PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM PEN-ME-KIN-ME-WAT. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Notes
content: A flat bag. Illus. p. 277 and described p. 277 and p. 385 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as a root bag.
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD FOR E9026: "WALLETS OF THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS (SHAHAPTIAN STOCK). MADE OF THE BAST OR INNER BARK OF INDIAN HEMP (APOCYNUM CANNABINUM). THE WARP CONSISTS OF A SINGLE ROW OF THREADS; THE WEFT IS IN TWINED WEAVING PRECISELY AS IN THE PACIFIC COAST BASKETRY. THE PATTERNS ON THE SURFACE ARE MADE OF STRAW OR HUSK AND ARE LAID ON BY WHIPPING. THEY DO NOT APPEAR ON THE INNER SIDE. IDAHO. 9,026; 23,864; 150,446; 168,408. COLLECTED BY DR. E. STORROR, U. S. A., AND OTHERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23864-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm