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This bone tatting shuttle was recovered during the 2002 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Cottonwood Ranch in Sheridan County. Tatting is a technique for making lace and tatting shuttles come in a variety of shapes. The sheep ranch was established by Abraham Pratt, from Yorkshire, England, in 1878. Pratt's son, John Fenton Pratt and his family continued to raise sheep at the ranch until 1904. Cottonwood Ranch is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1888-1978
Item Number: 473159
Call Number: 14SD327-6-6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 473159
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Lace
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Textileworking - Tatting
Places - Counties - Sheridan
Places - Historic sites - Cottonwood Ranch
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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