Blanket Pin, Bone Item Number: 2008-171/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Bone blanket pin in the shape of an animal head with an open mouth. Pin is light brown with darker brown coloring inside of carved lines. Carved lines on the bottom jaw define a tongue inside the mouth. Three carved concentric ovals define the shape of an eye on both sides of the head. Protruding from the top of the head are two 0.3 cm high ear-like knobs. A 0.9 cm in diameter hole runs through the head diagonally from the back of the head to the bottom of the lower jaw, this hole appears to be the hollow of the bone that the pin was carved from. Shaft of pin is a missing element and was broken off 0.41 cm from the back of the head. T.Felt, 4/14/2009
Geographical Search Terms
Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Joanne L. Terry
Collection Owner
Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Item History
- Collected by Joanne and Tom Metke Terry
What
- Name
- Blanket Pin, Bone
- Identification Number
- 2008-171/1
- Type of Item
- bone blanket pin
- Material
- bone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 6.4 cm, width 1.5 cm, height 1.7 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 6.1 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Joanne and Tom Metke Terry
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 2008-171
- Classification
- Site Type: Pre-Contact Shell Midden
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Site Number
- 45-SJ-9
- Object Category
- Bone/Antler/Ivory
- Object Sub Category
- Bone, Modified