Accession No
Z 41007 B
Description
Bundle of processed plant fibre. Individual fibres looped at one end, with another section looped around.
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 41007 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
150mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41007 [A-C]: 'Plant fibres, stems fanning out into very fine fibres, plus fibres twisted into strings'
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)
Bundle of processed plant fibre. Individual fibres looped at one end, with another section looped around; pale brown colour.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326115
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