Accession No
1937.706 I
Description
Fragment of twilled basketry, warp and weft consist of dark 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 I
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 dark brown plant fibre; mounted between two panes of glass. Two-by-two twill weave.
Event Date 17/3/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt
FM:326071
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