Accession No

Z 41043 B


Description

Large fragment of basketry in plain checker weave, of dark brown plant fibre. Now mounted between two glass plates, with a dark brown substance on some fibres, possibly from treatment.


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 41043 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre; Glass


Local Term


Measurements

180mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41043 [A-D]: 'Four basketry fragments, plain weave, between glass.'
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)
Large fragment of basketry in plain checker weave, of dark brown plant fibre. Now mounted between two glass plates, with a dark brown substance on some fibres, possibly from treatment.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:326157

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