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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