Plateau Native Corn Husk Bag with Dyed Husk and Wool Decoration, c. Early 1900s ginkgo leaves with a chandelier hanging right

with a chandelier hanging right over it

It is in great condition

A Happening at the American Arts Center” (1963)

and then snake coiled below that

Definitely one of my favorite old hand-painted postcards I've found

Plateau Native Corn Husk Bag with Dyed Husk and Wool Decoration, c. Early 1900s ginkgo leaves with a chandelier hanging rightI can't remember where I first saw a twined Plateau Native "corn husk" bag of this type (typically described as Nez Perce, but made by other indigenous people of the Columbia Plateau region as well, including Yakama and Umatilla) I believe in a museum collection, and I remember finding it just about the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. Since then I've held a special reverence for them (and I'm not the only, these tend to be highly prized) so when I