Accession No

1954.332 E


Description

Fragment of copper strip, rectangular in section, coiled into a circle at one end.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; Washington; Yakima River


Period

?Archaic ?Proto-Historic


Source

Sedgwick Museum [donor]; Harding, H. T. [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1954.332 E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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.
Event Date
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)
Fragment of copper strip, rectangular in section, coiled into a circle at one end.
Event Date 2/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


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