Traveling Bag
Wasco
Plateau
early 20th century
Natural and dyed Indian hemp (warp and weft), jute (false-braid edging) wrap twining technique
Overall: 6 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16.3 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1926
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plateau
Not on view
Exhibition History
Northern Native American Basketry, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 4, 1990-October 20, 1991.
Publication History
Tamara Northern and Davina Begaye, Guide to the Exhibition of Northern Native American Basketry, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990.
Provenance
Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922..
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