Rope, Woven

Item number 45SK59B/33 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Multi-strands grouped into two twisted lenths, then twisted together rope-like.Object consists of several rope lenths folded together and tied with old "shelf number" tag. Rehoused 4/2004. New tag with #33 was on object, don't know when it was attached. I left this tag and the shelf tag mentioned above on the object. Also incldes attached bag of debris from object. Description on #33 Basketry card is vauge and may not match this object. B. Avery. Information from field Basketry Card (see Archaeology Archives): Description: rope Handles: n/a Rim: n/a Body: 50 cm in length - Appears to be constructed of two small branches twisted around each other. Cut: 7N - 6E Horiz. Loc.: 255S - 7N - 180E - 6E Depth: 64 cm Width of individual branches: Max: .70 Min: .54 Mean: .63 Max: .70 Min: .50 Mean: .59 Remarks: Material kind of twisty.

Credit Line

University of Washington Field Party Expedition

Notes

Date notes: 670 +/- 75 BP

Geographical Search Terms

North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Skagit County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Dimension Details

a:Width(max width of sticks), b:0.060 cm, b:Width(min width of sticks)

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Name
Rope, Woven
Identification Number
45SK59B/33
Type of Item
woven rope
Material
wood
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 1.4 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Accession Number
1983-13
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-SK-59B
Object Category
Woven Material
Object Sub Category
Cordage

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