Cordage Item Number: 45KT20/247 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

One knotted piece of 2-s cordage. Field Catalog Form indicates the provenience as: Unit 3S2-4, Level 38", Description: "2-S cordage", Comments "AF-95". Artifact Record Notebook 1 indicates the provenience of #95 as "Unit: 3S2-4, Level 32" 38" from Datum, 34" from 4S2, 60" from 4S1, Excavated by Claude Warren on 7/6/1953, Remarks "Grass layer"". (02/04/2010 A. Auerbach)

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Kittitas County Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Collection Owner

Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Item History

What

Name
Cordage
Identification Number
45KT20/247
Type of Item
cordage
Material
plant fibre
Overall
length 5.696 cm, width 1.708 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.1 g

Who

Field Collector
Earl H. Swanson Jr.

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1953

Other

Accession Number
1966-95
Classification
Site Type: Pre-Contact Cave Site
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-KT-20
Unit
3S2
Level
4
Object Category
Woven Material
Object Sub Category
Cordage