Basket Item Number: 45SK59B/639 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Large basketry fragment with two hanldes side by side on rim. Third handle is not attached. Good intregrity of design, but fragile condition. Rehoused 05/26/04, I left museum tag with acc# and object#. Bagged debris from object housed with it. B. Avery. Information from field Basketry Card (see Archaeology Archives): Handles: 3 handles twisted variety - 2 right next to eachother Rim: Twisted and wrapped variety - wraped and folded constructions Body: Open twining - coarse gauge Bottom: none Provenience: Cut: n/a Horiz. Loc.: n/a Depth: n/a Warp Max: .70 Warp Min: .30 Warp Mean: .55 Weft Max: .75 Weft Min: .50 Weft Mean: .61 Material: Split bark or cedar root
University of Washington Field Party Expedition
Date notes: 670 +/- 75 BP
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