Accession No
Z 40601 O
Description
One loop of plaited cordage made from flat, dark reddish-brown plant fibre with one end bearing traces of burning or soot.
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
Cultural Affliation
Material
Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
74mm
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 loop of plaited cordage made from flat, dark reddish-brown plant fibre with one end bearing traces of burning or soot.
Event Date 24/3/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:326321
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