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

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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