Yarn bag, possibly Ho-Chunk, Wisconsin, 1840-1880

Historian Andrew Hunter Whiteford attributed this finger-woven yarn storage bag to the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) of Wisconsin. The bag combines two different types of finger-weaving: the six bands of triangles near the center were fashioned with a technique known as tapestry-twining; the remainder of the bag features a more common technique known as twill twine or finger twining.

This bag was collected in northern Wisconsin between 1914 and 1952 by H. L. Mumm and acquired by the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1954. The image is part of the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, a digital archive of Wisconsin objects. For more information, see content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,2182