Native American Rug Bag

Does anyone know anything about this type of rug bag or what it's called ?

Doesn't have any handles, thick side seams, uneven edges.

Thank You

Billy d.

 

Billy, I'm not so sure this is Native American made.

 

It could be from one of the Andes countries. I have a similar one from Peru, but with little bird figures in the centre woven band. It has a very thin twisted yarn shoulderstrap, they are traditionally worn cross-shoulder. This one could have had the same, it must have come off.

 

It's called morral in Mexico and yes, it's crossbody.
But the ornament of this doesn't look Mexican to me

 

wasn't this style of bag used for picking coca leaves...?

 

I think those rather were introduced by shepherds.

 

maybe I'm thinking more...Bolivia..

 

The one in the centre looks like my Peruvian bag. Pretty general Andean.
They are for anything you need to carry. Inca messengers used to put their 'quipu' in them, the Inca mnemonic device with knotted strings.

 

I recently read a great article about a student who unlocked the code

http://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/27/secrets-quipu-ancient-inca-message-decoded-student/

 

not even close, sorry

 

morral bag from Durango. it seems to me that it also has jute thread as overlocker.

the first one from the right from the same region
http://picssr.com/tags/tepehuano/interesting
I vote for Durango or maybe other North of Mexico state.