Accession No
1937.740 G
Description
One long fragment of hide, possibly from buffalo. One edge has an irregular end with some dark stains; the other has a straight cut end.
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
1937.740 G
Cultural Affliation
Material
Skin; Buffalo Hide
Local Term
Measurements
255mm
Events
Context (Display)
Display label found in box with this object reads: ' U.S.A. THE BASKET MAKERS Pre-pottery agricultural people of the Southwest Approx dates A.D. 1-500 Material mainly from the rock-shelter at Bee Cave, Brewster, Texas. Clarke gift'.
Event Date
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
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)
Description for 1937.740 A-K: 'Fragments of hide, buffalo, etc. K: a fragment has a narrow strip, fixing it to form a receptacle.'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Likely a remnant strip.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
Description (Physical description)
One long fragment of hide, possibly from buffalo. One edge has an irregular end with some dark stains; the other has a straight cut end.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
FM:326151
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