Cord (5 Classes)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1905
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Walter Hough
label: Site Name
content: Cave
notes: label: Notes
content: (A) BARK AND FINELY SHREDDED YUCCA (BOILED), 2 STRAND CORD USUALLY THICK FOR APPLICATION OF FEATHERS, USUALLY NATURAL COLOR, SOMETIMES RUBBED RED OCHER. CORD VERY LINTY, NOT HARD TWISTED. WORN YUCCA FIBER RESEMBLES BARK. (B)YUCCA, DASYLIRIAN AND LIKE FIBER CORD, YELLOW BROWN TO DARK BROWN. USED FOR BOWSTRING AND SERV-ING WHERE VERY STRONG CLEAN CORD WAS NEEDED. SOMETIMES VERY THICK LIKE ROPE; 2 PLY, 3 PLY, 2 PLY LAID UP, BRAIDED AND SOMETIMES TWO BRAIDS LAID UP TO FORM STRONG CORD. EXTREMELY USEFUL MATERIAL. (C) DYED OR NATURAL BARK APPARENTLY WALNUT. BUNDLE IN THIS LOT SEEMS TO BE BABY'S NAPKIN PLACED IN PROPER POSITION IN CRADLE. (D) COTTON CORD WHITE OR RED RUBBED, SOMETIMES ROUND BRAIDED TO FORM BLANKET CORNER OR TIE, OR LOIN BUNDLE. (E) LAID UP CORD OF SINEW WITH LOOP ON END INGENIOUSLY FORMED. (F) HAIR CORD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Tularosa River, Catron County, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Pueblo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 045821
label: USNM Number
content: A246442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cord