Donor Name:

Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this

Object Type:

Cloth

Place:

Morgan County / Roane County, Tennessee, United States, North America

Accession Date:

3 Sep 1886

Notes:

From card: "150 ft. above the creek and the same distance from the summit of the creek. Illus. 13th Rep. B.A.E., pl. 3 [after p. 30]. Blanket - Laportea Canadensis [woods nettle] - identified by Dr. A.C. Whitford, Research Chemist, Alfred, N.Y. 7/21/1939. Jan. 1978 - Specimen unfolded and placed in plastic bag. Previously cleaned? J. Gardner."

Reference: p. 22 in Whitford, A. C. 1941. Textile Fibers Used in Eastern Aboriginal North America. New York: American Museum of Natural History. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1609195.html.

Twined textile.

Note that there are two items under this catalog number. The twined textile (or "blanket") that is described on the catalog card, and a small lot of charred textile fragments. The larger textile does not appear to be burned or missing any pieces, so it may be that the charred lot is misnumbered. Or perhaps it was previously wrapped in the blanket? Unclear.

Record Last Modified:

7 Jul 2021

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

017928

USNM Number:

A132253-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b60f2a0f-2cf8-4c97-aedc-8a166ce528c1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8011751