Accession No

1937.731 E


Description

Square toe sandal woven of wide fibres made with a frame and centre woven using a v-weft plaited weave. Light brown in colour. Outer layer of fibres on sole is slightly worn, exposing their fibrous interior in some places. Two knotted side straps visible, possibly attached at toe as a toe loop. Part of heel of sandal detached and absent. Fibres in sandal heel are detached and unwoven.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; Texas; Brewster County; Bee Cave Canyon


Period

Basketmaker Culture


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Coffin, Edwin [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1937.731 E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre; ?Aloe; ?Yucca


Local Term


Measurements

151mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Found in the same box as a paper label marked with black ink: 'Sandals made with frame. Centre woven one way.'
Event Date
Author: Genevieve Holt


Context (Field collection)
From a rock shelter at Bee Cave Canyon. Excavated by Edwin F. Coffin, Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, February to June 1929. See archive (FR5/1/9).
Event Date 1929
Author: maa


Context (References)
Coffin, Edwin F. (1932). 'Archaeological Exploration of a Rock Shelter in Brewster County, Texas'. Museum of the American Indian Notes and Monographs, no. 48. New York: Heye Foundation
Event Date 1932
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.731 A-I: 'Sandals made on frame, centre woven one way. Made of fibrous plants, probably Maguey.'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Square toe sandal woven of wide fibres made with a frame and centre woven using a v-weft plaited weave. Light brown in colour. Outer layer of fibres on sole is slightly worn, exposing their fibrous interior in some places. Two knotted side straps visible, possibly attached at toe as a toe loop. Part of heel of sandal detached and absent. Fibres in sandal heel are detached and unwoven.
Event Date 12/3/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt


FM:325900

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