A bag, also known regionally as a sack or tote, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded histo
Paper bags with handles
Embroidered purse, France, mid 14th century AD
A tote bag
Pouch, Arapaho (Native American), late 19th or early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum
A gunny sack, also known as a gunny shoe, burlap sack, hessian sack or tow sack, is a large sack, traditionally made of burlap formed from jute, hemp, sisal, or other natural fibres, usually in the cr
Sack made from hemp burlap
Stacks of coffee bags, Ethiopia
Potato sacks transported by horses in Colorado, 1890s