Accession No

Z 40984 E


Description

Bundle of grass fibres. Leaf nodes and some seed heads present; fibres appear shredded towards one end; tied with a few fibres twisted together. Area of adhered black material, possibly soil.


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

330mm


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 some seed heads present; fibres appear shredded towards one end; tied with a few fibres twisted together. Area of adhered black material, possibly soil.
Event Date 12/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:325908

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