- Bone Awl
Description: Bone awl from the metatarsus of a deer. Dimensions: L 20.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Bone Whistles
Description: Bird bone whistles. The top whistle was made from the ulna of a relatively large bird (possibly a hawk); the nutrient foramen was enlarged, a circular slit was cut for sounding, and then the surface was smoothed. The bottom whistle is also hawk bone (Red-tail or Swainson's), and the middle whistle was made on a turkey's tibiotarsus. Dimensions: Top-10.8 cm, Middle-9.5 cm, Bottom-3.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - top, catalog card - middle, catalog card - bottom). - Incised Bone
Description: Incised oval shaped bone. Dimensions: 11/16 x 5/16 x 3/32 inches, hole ca. 1/16 in at center, max dia ca. 3/32 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Incised Bone Tube
Description: Incised bone tube. The bone is the right ulna of a large bird - most likely a goose or swan. Dimensions: L 11.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Polished Bone Tube
Description: Polished bone tube, made from the bone of large Swainson or small red-tail hawk, and likely intended for use as a whistle. Dimensions: L 4.5, W 0.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Deer Bone Awl
Description: Bone awl made from the metatarsus of deer(proximal end). Dimensions: L 11.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Splinter awl with a sharp point and polish from use. Dimensions: 11.7 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Awl made on a bone splinter. Dimensions: L 10.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Bone splinter awl. Dimensions: L 6.35 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mule Deer Bone
Description: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) bone. Dimensions: L 8.95 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Red-breasted Merganser Humerus
Description: The complete left humerus of a red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), a bird quite rare in Arizona today. Dimensions: L 8.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Tarsometatarsus of an American Coot
Description: Right tarsometatarsus of an American Coot (Fulica americana). Dimensions: L 5.52 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center ( catalog card). - Unworked Rabbit Bone
Description: Unworked rabbit (Lepus sp.) tibia. Dimensions: L 5.94 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Deer Ulna
Description: Deer ulna. Dimensions: 11.4 x 2.9 x 1 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).