Accession No

Z 41018 B.1-12


Description

Twelve pieces of fibre, processed to expose their fibrous interior. All knotted in places but varying lengths and shades of brown.


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


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Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre


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Events

Description (Physical description)
Bundles of plant fibres
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)
Twelve pieces of fibre, processed to expose their fibrous interior. All knotted in places but varying lengths and shades of brown.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt


FM:326134

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