Accession No
1966.165 B
Description
Six lengths of 2-ply cordage made from various plant fibres. All two strand S-ply, Z-spun; two lengths with knots; brown to grey colour.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Nevada; Churchill County; Lovelock Cave
Period
?Archaic
Source
Clark, John Grahame Douglas (Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1966.165 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor J.G.D. Clark in November 1965.
Event Date 11/1965
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1966.165 A-D: 'A. Remains of (?5) bundles of straw, kept together by twined rope of same, sloping down to right. Possibly a small brush.
B. Fragments of string of various thicknesses, 2-ply, Z -spun, S-plied.
C. Fragment of string, partly 2-ply, S-spun, Z -plied, tied on to a plaited piece.
D. Cud, apparently of grass'
Event Date 1966
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Six lengths of 2-ply cordage made from various plant fibres. All two strand S-ply, Z-spun; two lengths with knots; brown to grey colour.
Event Date 31/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326455
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