FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; PL. 168; P. 548. ILLUS.: PL. 13, P. 43 IN "WASCO STYLE WOVEN BEADWORK, MERGING ARTISTIC TRADITIONS," BY MARY D. SCHLICK & KATE C. DUNCAN, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 16, NO. 3, SUMMER 1991. IDENTIFIED THERE AS TWINED ROOT BAG, WASCO/WISHRAM, C. 1850; INDIAN HEMP, GRASS (?); 8 5/8" H., 4 3/4" W.." COLLECTOR WAS A MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE U.S. ARMY AND SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA FROM 1867 - 1874. GHISELIN'S DONATION TO THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM WAS SENT IN JAN. 1869. THE MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED BEFORE THIS DATE BUT MAY HAVE COME TO GHISELIN THROUGH SECOND PARTIES AS HE WAS GENERALLY STATIONED AT OR NEAR FORT VANCOUVER BETWEEN 1867 - 1869. THOUGH ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS CASCADE, THIS OBJECT IS A WASCO/WISHXAM STYLE SALLY BAG. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997 SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 12, Plateau, Fig. 4d, p. 366.
