Copper Fragment Item Number: 1966-100/L-160 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Beaten green copper fragment surrounding dentalia? shells with hair or fiber running through them. The catalog book speculates that it could be a brush fragment.

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Item History

What

Name
Copper Fragment
Identification Number
1966-100/L-160
Type of Item
copper fragment
Material
copper metal, dentalium shell and fibre
Overall
length 2.0 cm, width 1.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 1.0 g

Who

Field Collector
B. Robert Butler

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1955

Other

Accession Number
1966-100
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-KL-27
Object Category
Metal
Object Sub Category
Copper