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

Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

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 (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)
Apparently with 1954.325-332. Found: Near mouth of Yakima River.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.334 [A-L]: 'Box containing piece of coiled basketry, dentalia, gastropod shell beads strung on copper wire, cylindrical wooden bead, pierced bear claw, shell disc beads, Hudson's Bay blue and white glass beads, and bone point.'
Event Date 1954
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Five gastropod shell beads, strung between two strands of plant fibre and or leather. Possibly a fragment of a bracelet.
Event Date 4/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck