Cornhusk Bag

Cornhusk bags are a valued possession among the Columbia River Plateau people. Larger bags are used for storing different types of edible roots. The bags were traded and given as gifts to Northern Plains and Great Basin peoples. Since the later nineteenth century through present times, cornhusk bags are brought out when dressing up for parades and Pow-Wows.
This twined cornhusk bag is woven with Taxos or Indian hemp. The warp is wrapped with narrow strips of cornhusk and yarn in false embroidery.