Accession No

Z 41030 L


Description

Basketry fragment mounted between two glass sheets. Shiny light brown plant fibre in plain checker weave with one finished edge.


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 41030 L


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

103mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41030 [A-Z]: '26 basketry fragments, plain weave, all with section of rounded, finished 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)
Basketry fragment mounted between two glass sheets. Shiny light brown plant fibre in plain checker weave with one finished edge.
Event Date 14/3/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:325983

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