Figurine, Antler Item Number: Feb-44 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Antler carving, Plateau "skeletal" art style. Woman and child, many details. Locality: Found by collector at Sauvies Island near Portland, Columbia River. Identified by BRB. Remarks: ca. 7" high, was fragmentary, repaired by BRB.* ACCN: 4032/1 Published documentation: TEBIWA 1965 8(1) 1-17 by B. Robert Butler "Perspectives on the Prehistory of the Lower Columbia Valley" Archaeological site name: Sunken Village Site 35MU4. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Geographical Search Terms
Lower Columbia Multnomah County North America Northwest Coast Oregon Pacific Northwest Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Leon Tabor
What
- Name
- Figurine, Antler
- Identification Number
- Feb-44
- Type of Item
- antler figurine
- Material
- antler
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 18.7 cm, width 5.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 137.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Leon Tabor
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 4032
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Butler, B. Robert
- Excavation Date
- 12/13/1955
- Object Category
- Bone/Antler/Ivory
- Object Sub Category
- Antler, Modified