Corn Husk Bag
CultureNez Perce?, Idaho or Washington
Date1870s
MediumNative hemp, wool, native cordage, and leather, hide
DimensionsOverall (without tassel): 19 7/8 × 15 × 1 7/8 inches (50.48 × 38.1 × 4.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.70
On View
Not on viewSacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art. Hayward Gallery, London, October 7, 1976-January 16, 1977. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 16-June 19, 1977.
Purchased from West of the Moon, San Francisco, CA by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010); 1980;
His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;
The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Coe, Ralph T., Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, (Arts Council of Great Britian, 1976), 185, no. 489.
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