Accession No
Z 41031 D
Description
Fragment of checker weave basketry, mounted between two panes of glass. Warp and weft consist of wide strips of 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 D
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 brown plant fibre; plain checker weave with one border edge.
Event Date 14/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326001
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