Accession No

1937.706 D


Description

Fragment of twilled basketry, warp and weft consist of light brown plant fibre; mounted between two panes of glass. Two-by-two 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

1937.706 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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)
Description for 1937.706 A-K: 'Eleven pieces of basketry mounted between glass. No borders are visible and the design is a "2x2 Twill" weave.'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of twilled basketry, warp and weft consist of light brown plant fibre; mounted between two panes of glass. Two-by-two twill weave.
Event Date 17/3/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt


FM:326066

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