Accession No

Z 41038 C


Description

Fragment of plant fibre, possibly bark. Very dry.


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 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant


Local Term


Measurements

33mm


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)
Fragment of plant fibre, possibly bark. Very dry.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


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