Accession No

Z 40601 M


Description

One ring of plaited cordage made from yellow-brown plant fibre, with fraying along its length.


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 40601 M


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

67mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 40601 [A-P]: '15 plaited/plied circles of vegetal fibre.'
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)
One ring of plaited cordage made from yellow-brown plant fibre, with fraying along its length.
Event Date 24/3/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:326319

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