The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Storage Bag

Storage Bag

late 1800s
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Bags like this were used to store personal items inside the tipi, where they doubled as pillows.

Description

Rectangular bags made of soft hide—known among early white traders as “possible bags” because they could hold “anything possible”—were used to store personal items inside the tipi, where they doubled as pillows. When encampments moved, the bags were carried on the side of a saddle, where their decoration could be admired.
  • Native North America Basket Rotation (Native North America rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).
    Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2014-July 29, 2015).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1937.850