Accession No
Z 41043 D
Description
Fragment of basketry in plain checker weave, of an orange-brown plant fibre. One length projects more, another is bent to create an indented corner.
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 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Fibre; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
143mm
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)
Fragment of basketry in plain checker weave, of an orange-brown plant fibre. One length projects more, another is bent to create an indented corner.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:326159
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