Cordage Fragment Item Number: 45KT20/252 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

One 3-strand z-cordage. Field Catalog Form indicates the provenience as: Unit 3S3-4, Level 42", Comments: "AF-106" with "Doesn't tally w/ analysis ES." written in pencil. Artifact Record Notebook 1 indicates the provenience of #106 as "Unit 3S3, Level 4 36" below surface, 42" below Datum, 37" from 4S2, 48" from 4S3, Excavated by Claude Warren on 7/7/1953, Remarks "Grass level"". (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

Dimension Details

The second piece broke off of the fragment.

Item History

What

Name
Cordage Fragment
Identification Number
45KT20/252
Type of Item
cordage fragment
Material
reed
Overall
length 7.35 cm, width 6.489 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.5 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
2
Site Number
45-KT-20
Unit
3S3
Level
4
Object Category
Woven Material
Object Sub Category
Cordage