Accession No

Z 41023 B


Description

Five fragments of plain checker weave cloth made from unknown, fine plant fibres; partly merged with other material, most clearly identifiable of which a maize-cob on one of the fragments.


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 41023 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre; Plant


Local Term


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Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note with object reading in blue crayon: 'Burial. 225. Room. 54. Cloth - Matting - Maize cob.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41023 [A-D]: 'Fragments of cloth, maize and matting.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Burial 225. 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)
Five fragments of plain checker weave cloth made from unknown, fine plant fibres; partly merged with other material, most clearly identifiable of which a maize-cob on one of the fragments.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:326118

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