Accession No

Z 41008 B


Description

Section of plant fibre matting or carrier. Lengths of yucca leaf with spines along the edges; secured together with one row of plant fibre twining.


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


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre; Yucca Leaf


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card: 'See Z 40989'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41008 [A-B]: 'Pieces of yucca leaves bound together'
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: Katrina Dring


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)


Context (Amendments / updates)
Carrier has been added to the description based on the note found with Z 41009, which Bushnell suggested was a carrier.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Section of plant fibre matting or carrier. Lengths of yucca leaf with spines along the edges; secured together with one row of plant fibre twining.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


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