The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Storage Bag
late 1800s
Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White 1937.850
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. 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