Flat bag

The maker of this twined flat bag can be identified by the varied designs used in the wings of the giant condors. Louise Van Pelt Spino learned the full-turn twining technique from her Wasco mother and grandmother and wove sturgeon, ancestor figures, and other ancient images of the Columbia River Gorge into her fine bags. She was the last known weaver to use this weaving technique prior to its revival in the 1990s.