Accession No

Z 41031 C


Description

Fragment of checker weave basketry, mounted between two panes of glass. Warp and weft consist of wide strips of orange brown to red brown plant fibre; plain checker weave with one border 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 41031 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

125mm x 125mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41031 A-Y: '25 basketry fragments, plain weave on diagonal slant, all pieces have portion of 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)
Fragment of checker weave basketry, mounted between two panes of glass. Warp and weft consist of wide strips of orange brown to red brown plant fibre; plain checker weave with one border edge.
Event Date 14/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:326000

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