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Nez Perce Corn Husk Bag,

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Nez Perce Corn Husk Bag,
flat twined, finely woven, false-embroidered with nested diamonds in green, maroon, purple, yellow, pink, orange, red, and brown, woven on natural hemp with a natural cornhusk ground, pattern has rows 1, 3, 5 with three diamonds and 2, 4 with two diamonds, lower two rows are a combination of wool and dyed cornhusk, upper three are dyed cornhusk; reverse with false-embroidered nested saw-toothed diamonds in green, purple, pink, blue, yellow, and red in three and a half bands, lowest band of wool and cornhusk, remaining of dyed cornhusk against a natural cornhusk ground, with original drawstring; 16" wide at base x 13.75" at top x 21" long. Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. Very good plus, slight fading near top with minor stains, otherwise excellent.