Shoe Fragment, Composite Item Number: 45KI765/P9-29 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1880 Years (max): 1900 Comments: This boot heel is made of 9 leather pieces cobbled together with square headed nails. One leather shoe fragment representing the heel of a boot. Object is comprised of layers of leather held with square iron nails. Appears to have been cut from shoe. Iron nails are corroded. Leather is fragmenting, especially the interior layer. Layered leather is delaminating. L. Penttila 4/1/2010
Collection Owner
Owned by The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Dimension Details
Dimensions are of fragmented object.
Geographical Search Terms
King County North America Northwest Coast Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Item History
- Collected by Inc. AMEC Earth and Environmental on November 8, 2005
What
- Name
- Shoe Fragment, Composite
- Identification Number
- 45KI765/P9-29
- Type of Item
- composite shoe fragment
- Material
- leather and iron metal
- Overall
- length 7.6708 cm, width 5.969 cm, height 4.191 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 96.5 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Inc. AMEC Earth and Environmental
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 8, 2005
Other
- Accession Number
- 2008-177
- Classification
- Site Type: Historic Debris Scatter/ConcentrationSite Type: Historic Object(s)
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Rooke, Lara
- Site Number
- 45-KI-765
- Unit
- Area P9
- Object Category
- Composite
- Object Sub Category
- Composite