A bag is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container, typically made of cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material. Bags can be used to carry items such as personal belongings, groceries, and other objects. They comes in various shapes and sizes, often equipped with handles or straps for easier carrying.
Paper bags with handles
A fur bag
A tote bag
Pouch, Arapaho (Native American), late 19th or early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum
A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping.
Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term is most frequently applied to devices made from materials that are durable and are often partly or completely rigid.
Simple containers made from gourds being sold for use as calabash in Kenya.
Display of a woven basket from the Maya peoples of Mexico.
A corrugated fiberboard box.
A spine car with a 6 metres (20 ft) tank container and an open-top intermodal shipping container with canvas cover.
