Accession No
Z 41038 B
Description
Five short twisted fibres. Four consist of two-piled cordage, of which two are looser; one consists of thin strips of plant fibre, wound with thicker fibre or sinew.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Texas; Brewster County
Period
Basketmaker Culture
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Coffin, Edwin [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 41038 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; ?Sinew
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Typed note reads: 'Cave 3 1/4 miles northeast of Bee Cave Canyon Rockshelter Brewster Country, Texas.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41038 [A-C]: 'Fragments of ?basket. Strips of sinew and fur appear to be wrapped around core of fibre string, these main cores seem to be attached by finer filaments of ?plant fibre. Surface has been smeared with earth/mud. Also some pieces which may be plant roots or could be very spongy pieces of bone.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Cave 3.25 miles Northeast of 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)
Five short twisted fibres. Four consist of two-piled cordage, of which two are looser; one consists of thin strips of plant fibre, wound with thicker fibre or sinew.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:326168
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