Perishable: Tumpbands AMNH 29.0/9721.1 (.2 and .3)

Tumpbands, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9721. Morris FS 3205. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Tumpband fragments of hide, yucca, and cotton fiber with various knots and elements. Images: AMNH 29.0/9721_1A: cordage tumpband. AMNH 29.0/9721_1B: cordage tumpband, other face. AMNH 29.0/9721_1C: close-up showing ten warp elements. AMNH 29.0/9721_1D: close-up of other face of knotted end. AMNH 29.0/9721_1E: close-up of knotted end. AMNH 29.0-9721_1F: close-up of broken area. AMNH 29.0-9721_1G: close-up of alternating cords along outer edge of band 3. AMNH 29.0/9721_1H: close-up of alternating cords along outer edge of band 2. AMNH 29.0/9721_1I: close-up of alternating cords along outer edge of band 1. AMNH 29.0/9721_2J: two pieces of cordage tumpband covered with hide. AMNH 29.0/9721_2K: two pieces of cordage tumpband covered with hide, other face. AMNH 29.0/9721_2L: cordage tumpband covered with hide, in two pieces. AMNH 29.0/9721_2M: close-up of yucca overcasting on hide. AMNH 29.0/9721_2N: close-up of one end of band showing other face of larkshead knot. AMNH 29.0/9721_2O: close-up of one end of band showing elements gathered into a larkshead knot 2. AMNH 29.0/9721_2P: close-up of one end of band showing elements gathered into a larkshead knot 1. AMNH 29.0/9721_2Q: close-up of eight parallel 2s-Z yucca warps wrapped with hide. AMNH 29.0/9721_2R: close-up of cotton 3z-S running stitches through hide. AMNH 29.0/9721_2Z detail of warp-faced weave. AMNH 29.0/9721_3S: fragment of hide sheath, probably associated with 9721.1 cordage tumpline 4. AMNH 29.0/9721_3T: fragment of hide sheath, probably associated with 9721.1 cordage tumpline 3. AMNH 29.0/9721_3U: fragment of hide sheath, probably associated with 9721.1 cordage tumpline 2. AMNH 29.0/9721_3V: fragment of hide sheath, probably associated with 9721.1 cordage tumpline 1. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 138, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 138 at the time of excavation is as follows: “On the floor of Room 138 was a film of refuse containing Chaco potsherds…Thence upward, mixed with dust, wall wreckage, and rubbish from a deposit which had been in the second story, there was an almost inextricable tangle of pine timbers, splints, and cedar bark. There had been no fire above this area and all three ceilings had fallen into the first story room. Having been deeply buried, the wood was perfectly preserved. All of the ceilings had been of the same pattern: two pine log supports with pine poles resting upon them. As has been the case wherever observations have been possible, the supports of the successive ceilings were smaller than those of the ones beneath.” (Morris 1928:389). Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.