Plateau Native Corn Husk Bag with Dyed Husk and Wool Decoration, c. Early 1900s wooden table sunlit waters sailing toward the

sunlit waters sailing toward the vast blue on the horizon

) Fantastic dry wood patina

rotating the wooden knobs turns time forward or back

With a fallen tree at either side

for shaving or otherwise

Plateau Native Corn Husk Bag with Dyed Husk and Wool Decoration, c. Early 1900s wooden table sunlit waters sailing toward theI 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