Accession No
Z 41030 S
Description
Basketry corner fragment mounted between two glass sheets. Shiny textured dark and light plant fibre in plain checker weave. Some areas possibly burnt.
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 S
Cultural Affliation
Material
Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
127mm
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 corner fragment mounted between two glass sheets. Shiny textured dark and light plant fibre in plain checker weave. Some areas possibly burnt.
Event Date 14/3/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc
FM:325991
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