Accession No
TEMP.03596
Description
34 pieces of twisted plant fibre. 16 are short fragments of two-piled cordage; there are five twisted coils with a thicker fibre, possibly animal or plant wrapped or twisted around it. Also six fragments of dried plant fibre and possibly animal hide; a double cactus spindle and six smaller fragments.
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
TEMP.03596; MAA: Z 41038
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fur; Sinew; Mud; Earth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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: Clare McKenna
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: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
34 pieces of twisted plant fibre. 16 are short fragments of two-piled cordage; there are five twisted coils with a thicker fibre, possibly animal or plant wrapped or twisted around it. Also six fragments of dried plant fibre and possibly animal hide; a double cactus spindle and six smaller fragments.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:326173
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