Basket Item Number: 45SK59B/52A from the The Burke: University of Washington
Basketry material. This object consisted of scattered a bundle of twigs, and various sizes of matted and scattered organic debris with no visable design, or associaton between pieces (see basketry remarks below). I housed individual pieces of debris separately, in boxes or bags. All together there are 11 boxes, and 3 bags of debris. One of the bags contains 4 small pieces of burnt wood tagged "assoc. #52" that were with the object. All tags were removed and bagged for archives. NOTE: All tags identified object as #52, though basketry card identifies it as #52a. B. Avery. Information from field Basketry Card (see Archaeology Archives): Handles: n/a Rim: n/a Body: Cedar bark with twigs, muscle shell, pieces of clay incorporated. Not clearly woven - no patterns visable. Bottom: n/a Provenience: Cut: 7N 6E Horiz. Loc.: 175S - 7N - 155E - 6E Depth: 82 cm Warp Max: n/a Warp Min: n/a Warp Mean: n/a Weft Max: n/a Weft Min: n/a Weft Mean: n/a Remarks: To mashed up and amorphous for measurements. Remarks: Smashed together.
North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Skagit County Washington State Western United States Western Washington
University of Washington Field Party Expedition
Date notes: 670 +/- 75 BP