Accession No
Z 41037 B
Description
20 lengths of plant fibre. All are flat and appear to have been woven, with kinked lengths and darkened sections along their length, from previous weaving. Seven are darker and were possibly burnt.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Texas; Brewster County; Shuler Canyon
Period
?Basketmaker Culture
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Coffin, Edwin [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 41037 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Printed note reads: 'Found in cave. Shuler Canyon. Brewster County Texas.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41037 [A-B]: 'Quantity of plant fibres, ?Yucca Leaves, tied into knots.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Cave. Excavated by Edwin F. Coffin, Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, in 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)
20 lengths of plant fibre. All are flat and appear to have been woven, with kinked lengths and darkened sections along their length, from previous weaving. Seven are darker and were possibly burnt.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:326155
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