Accession No

Z 41028 F


Description

Sample of plain basketry mounted between two glass sheets. Multiple plant strands woven into plain checker weave. Dark brown in colour.


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

Z 41028 F


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

130mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41028 [A-O]: 'Group of 13 basketry fragments (plain weave). None of which have a finished, complete edge.'
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)
Sample of plain basketry mounted between two glass sheets. Multiple plant strands woven into plain checker weave. Dark brown in colour.
Event Date 12/3/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:325937

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