Accession No

Z 41029 G


Description

Fragment of twilled basketry, mounted between two panes of glass. Warp and weft consist of yellow brown plant fibre; two-by-two twill weave with one border edge; additional fibres on one side which obscure the twill weave.


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 41029 G


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

100mm x 100mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41029 A-G: 'Seven pieces of basketry, twill weave'
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)
Fragment of twilled basketry, mounted between two panes of glass. Warp and weft consist of yellow brown plant fibre; two-by-two twill weave with one border edge; additional fibres on one side which obscure the twill weave.
Event Date 14/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:325967

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