Context (Related Documents)
Two handwritten notes found with object, referring to 1954.325-334, first reads 'Part of a post-Columbian assemblage from near the mouth of the Yakima River, Washington.'
Second note reads 'From siit bank at mouth of Yakima River 6 ft below the surface between two different deposits of silk. Occupation occurred during the interval between the two deposits. There is sufficient of the silt on the pieces for exam.' with a drawing on the other side of the note, possibly of the find site.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Analysis)
Said by donor to be mostly Hudson's Bay copper, but perhaps some native.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Related Documents)
See archive document relating to 1954.325-334 (Doc.579).

Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Other)
Accompanied by a paper stating that they came from an occupation level beneath 6 feet of silt, but this may have been displaced, and there was Hudson's Bay Copper in the same lot, so no great age is implied.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found near mouth of Yakima River.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.332 (A-E): 'Copper artefacts: six pierced plates of various shapes (one circular, four trapezoidal, one nondescript) for pendants. String of cylindrical beads of sheet copper. Bracelet of single piece.Fragments of cylindrical beads of coiled copper strips.'
Event Date 1954
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
String of eleven tubular copper beads, formed from rolled sheet metal, Strung onto twine, possibly original. Two pairs of beads appear to have fused together, possibly from corrosion.
Event Date 2/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck