Accession No
Z 40984 B
Description
Bundle of grass fibres. Leaf nodes and possible seed heads present; tied with a carrying-loop chain of plant fibre.
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
Cultural Affliation
Material
Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
180mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Note found with Z 40984 A-F, in Bushnell's hand: '?tied up to dry or part of floor'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 40984 [A-F]: 'Bunches of fibres "?tied up to dry or part of floor". '
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 40984 [A-F]: 'Bunch[es] of fibres'
Event Date
Author: maa
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)
Bundle of grass fibres. Leaf nodes and possible seed heads present; tied with a carrying-loop chain of plant fibre.
Event Date 12/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:325905
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