Sample
Flax
97-124-132
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 97-124-132 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Culture | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen |
| Locus | Dug out of peat near Robenhausen. From pile work. |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2300 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flax |
| Technique | Plaited |
| Description | Plaited flax. Original tag: "No 39. Flaihsgeaflecht von Robenhausen 1863. laited or matted (not woven) flaxen stuff, from the pilework of the stone-age in the lake of Pfaffikon; dug out of the peat near Robenhausen. Sent by A. Morlot to F. Peale at Philadelphia, with best wishes for the progress of science in America. Lausane 10 March 1863. |
| Height | 0.9 cm |
| Length | 7.6 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-124-132 - Old Museum Number | 11082 - ANSP Number | 39 - Collector Number |
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