Here is a photo and a fascinating article about a seed bag dating back to about AD20 that was found in Arkansas.
The seeds are an extinct variety of domesticated chenopodium (related to quinoa) from North America. The bag is of even more interest to me because it’s whole, and it was made of yucca fiber and bast fiber from the retted inner bark of a tree, probably paw-paw. That is SO COOL.
https://archeology.uark.edu/ozarkbluffshelters/archeological-sites/edens-bluff-seed-bag/
@paeneultima I thought it was SO COOL that I had to immediately share it with everyone I know! 😊
@gannet That's so amazing... and it looks like it was made yesterday. If anybody wove that skillfully these days, that is.
@frameacloud there are definitely still people who do weave that skillfully. They just live in places like Peru and Ecuador and India and Vietnam and Ethiopia...
Here’s one such group: http://www.textilescusco.org/
@gannet looks like new 😆
@gannet this is remarkable, thank you for sharing!