Accession No

Z 41014 C


Description

Lengths of twisted plant fibre, possibly intended as cordage. Central bundle of fibres, around which is twisted a second bundle of fibres; brown to black, possibly from burning.


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 41014 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41014 [A-C]: 'Large circular wad of plant fibres (?rest for vessel) and four knotted lengths 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)
Lengths of twisted plant fibre, possibly intended as cordage. Central bundle of fibres, around which is twisted a second bundle of fibres; brown to black, possibly from burning.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:326140

Images (Click to view full size):