Cordage Item Number: 45KT20/298 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

One 2-S twisted cordage. On previous label in a separate bag written in black ink "45-KI-8/298" and in pencil "B/B-8"(1)/FN159/box2.3". Find #298 on the Field Catalog Form lists the provenience as: Unit B-Block B, Level 1, 8"(d), Description: 2-Z cordage, Comments: "AF-159". Field #159 in Field Notebook #1 lists "[Unit] B, 8" below datum, 19" from NW, 42" from NE, Giesa, 7/20/53 (Pan, Yi, 02/23/2010)

Geographical Search Terms

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

Collection Owner

Owned by Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Item History

What

Name
Cordage
Identification Number
45KT20/298
Type of Item
cordage
Material
plant fibre
Manufacturing Technique
twisted
Overall
length 3.3 cm, width 0.1 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.2 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
Excavated By
Fred Giesa
Excavation Date
07/20/1953
Site Number
45-KT-20
Unit
B-Block B
Level
1
Object Category
Woven Material
Object Sub Category
Cordage