Yucca Fiber Series
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Walter Hough
label: Site Name
content: Cave
notes: label: Notes
content: FOLLOWING A246384 WE HAVE THE LONG SKELETON OF FIBER OF EACH LEAF AND CLEANLAIDCORD TWISTED FROM IT. THE LEAF SKELETONS ARE MOSTLY IN CLOSE PRESSED OVAL MASSESWHICH HAVE BEEN CALLED FROM THEIR SUGGESTIVE APPEARANCE "QUIDS". IT APPEARS THATTHESE MASSES REPRESENT THE BOILED LEAF AS PRACTISED BY THE ZUNI. SOME OF THE LEAVES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CLEANED BY HAND BY SCRAPING. THE LOOSE AND RESIDUAL FIB-ER WAS GATHERED IN BUNCHES AND CORD SPUN FROM THE MATERIAL. SOMETIMES THE FIBER WAS SHREDDED VERY FINE AND SOFT FOR MAKING CERTAIN KINDS OF CORD FOR WEAVING, ETC.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Tularosa River, Catron County, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Pueblo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 045821
label: USNM Number
content: A246385-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiber