Swennes Woven Nettle Bag, Native American

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Native American textile knon as the Swennes Woven Nettle Bag. This well preserved Native American Textile was recovered from 47Lc84, a rockshelter in La Crosse County, Wisconsin by property owners John and Otto Swennes. The bag was found in association with Oneota Culture ceramics and is most likely prehistoric in date, although it could be early historic period. The bag is made using fibers from nettles. For more information on the bag, please see “A Comparative Study of the Swennes Woven Nettle Bag and Weaving Techniques” by Amy Karol.

In the collections of the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Model created from 232 photographs (Canon EOS Rebel T7i) using Metashape 1.6.1. Scale bar added using Blender 3D 2.8.