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 hree-dimensional or 360 panorama? It's all up to you in the Spin Gallery! These activities require the Quicktime plug-in, so if you don't have it already, you can download it for free. Be patient, as these are fairly large files and take a few moments to load up, depending on the speed of your connection.
Native American Basket
This basket comes from the Southern Plateau region (southeastern Washington or northeastern Oregon), and is made of native hemp (brown) and dyed cornhusk (tan and orange). The technique used to make it is known as twining, using bands of false embroidered decoration. The design—the horizontal bands and the hourglass shapes (orange)—is common to the Plateau region. The rim has a band of leather sewn on to strengthen it.
Although this bag is a little too small to have been a root-gathering bag, it could have been used to gather or store smaller, possibly personal, items. It would be attached to a belt, leaving the woman's hands free.
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Indian Summers: Nespelem Paintings by Ruth Kelsey
Too far away to visit the History Museum? No problem! Take a virtual tour of one of our exhibits online!
Art, anthropology, biography, and history intersect in this exhibition of Ruth Kelsey's paintings of Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes. Completed in 1938 to 1940, the paintings depict descendants of Yakima Chief Kamiaken and Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce.
If you have a LAN or DSL connection, select the high resolution version. If you are working with a dial-up connection, try the lower resolution file.
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