Cordage

53-54-452

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-452
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus Storage house, subsurface pit 15, floor of box.
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Spruce Root (uncertain)
Description

Black, carbonized fragments, glued or vanished, partly. Two-ply, two-twist, probably spruce root. Sand sticking to surface; medium weight.

Outside Diameter 0.54 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 254 - Field No SF

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