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- Tsegi Orange Canteen
Rotate Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Unslipped Tsegi Orange canteen; on loan from Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15442). - Georgie White's Rig, 1964
Subject: Georgie White's triple-rig raft in the Inner Gorge (Mile 148.5), Colorado River. Date: April, 1964 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 4810A). - Thoman Moran, ca. 1905
Subject: Thomas Moran sitting on a rock and sketching the canyon with his two daughters nearby. Date: ca. 1905 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 12005; GRCA 13959). - Canyon Engraving
Subject: "Big Canon at the Mouth of Diamond River." Date: Engraving by J.J. Young for the Ives Expedition report published in 1861; original sketch by F.W. Egloffstein Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 16181). - Moltzen and Newby, 1956
Description: Frank Moltzen and Neal Newby in 1956. Moltzen and Newby took a harrowing journey through the Grand Canyon on packrafts barely large enough to contain a single person and their gear. Learn more... Date: 1956 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park - Bow and Arrows
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Wooden sinew-reinforced bow painted black and bearing a singly-ply twisted rawhide bowstring; solid wooden arrow shaft painted red and tipped with tin/iron point and fletched with long black feathers, from Chinle; modern-made Navajo arrow with a metal point and decorated with blue, red, black, and white paint. Dimensions: 52 1/2 inches long (bow); 23-24 1/2 inches long (arrows); 57 cm (modern arrow). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Chavez Pass Polychrome, Alternate View
Rotate Description: Chavez Pass Polychrome bowl. Dimensions: Height 4 in, Diameter 8 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Shell and Turquoise Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with 57 turquoise beads and 30 whole shell beads (likely Nassarius sp.). Dimensions: 14 cm long. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Jay Point
Description: Jay point made on Government Mountain Obsidian. The point has a slightly contracting stem and a convex base. Dimensions: 4.32 x 2.22 x 0.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Cochiti/Santo Domingo Pot
View 3D Model Description: Polychrome pot with elk/deer design, probably from Cochiti Pueblo or Santa Domingo, ca. 1890. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. 17423). - Deer Bone Awl
Description: Awl made from a deer ulna. Dimensions: L 19 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Cotton Yarn
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: Thirteen strands of cotton yarn dyed blue, black, and various shades of brown. Represented types include single, double, and multiple twists. All strands are from Wupatki Pueblo. The cotton may have been traded up from the Hohokam in the south, either as bulk material or as processed yarn. Dimensions: Avg. 9 cm long x 0.2 cm diam. (3.54 x .08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card - Shaft Straightener
Description: Basalt shaft straightener with a single groove. Dimensions: L 6.4, W 11.3 , H 3 cm, Groove W 1.6, diam 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Variation in Form, Size, and Decorations
The area encompassed by Wupatki National Monument was an area of convergence for several Ancestral Puebloan cultural groups, including Kayenta, Sinagua, and Cohonina. Each group produced their own ceramics using a range of vessel forms as designs, as shown here. Back Row (left to right) Sosi Black-on-white jar, large Padre Black-on-white water storage jar, and Tusayan Black-on-white canteen. Center (left to right) Tusayan Corrugated mug, Deadmans Fugitive Red jar, Sunset Corrugated bowl (marked Elden on the catalog card), and Black Mesa Black-on-white jar. Front (left to right) Sunset Red bowl, Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl with handle, Walnut Black-on-white ladle, Miniature Tusayan Black-on-white bowl, Miniature red jar, and Flagstaff Black-on-white ladle. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog cards are linked in the descriptions of the individual vessels). - Prehistoric Corn, Beans, and Squash
Description: 800-year-old agricultural foods from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument.