YAKAMA

Miniature Handbag, ca. 1974

Cotton twine, cornhusk, buckskin leather

Schlick collection

Possibly a handbag for a child’s doll, or a personal accessory that a senior woman might pin on her dress like a brooch, miniature bags have always been made as a way to demonstrate the weaver’s skill.  This bag was made by a Yakama weaver named Lena George.

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