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- Copper and Turquoise Bracelet
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Copper bracelet with turquoise inlay, made by Clyde Peshlakai and given to Sallie Brewer in the 1930s. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Big Pots
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina/Kayenta Description: Intact prehistoric pottery is an extremely rare find. These vessels were uncovered in February 2009 from deep cinder deposits. The pot on the left is a Cohonina-style vessel, while the pot on the right is Kayenta-style. The date ranges for the two pottery types overlap between A.D. 1075-1125, allowing archaeologists to estimate when these pots were made, used, and buried together. Collection: These pots are on loan from the U.S. Forest Service to the National Park Service for the enjoyment of visitors at Wupatki National Monument. - Kayenta Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Left: Basally notched projectile point manufactured on chert in the Kayenta style. This point was found on a mesita west of Crack-in-Rock Road. Right: Kayenta-style projectile point manufactured on brown chert and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (left) 3.6L x 1.6W x 0.31T cm (1.42 x 0.63 x 0.12 in); (right)3.3L x 1.8W x 0.4T cm (1.3 x 0.71 x 0.16 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument ("http://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/docs/Wupatki/WUPA5263.pdf" >catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Cohonina Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina Description: Black point: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Cohonina style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point: Cohonina-style chalcedony projectile point or drill from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black) 1.2L x 0.4W x 0.1T cm (0.47 x 0.16 x 0.04 in); (opaque) 45.0L x 9.0W x 2.0T mm (1.77 x 0.35 x 0.08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Clay Fetishes
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Modeled clay figurines made by Clyde Peshlakai, a prominent Navajo resident of the Wupatki National Monument area, c. 1938. The sheep on the left was fired by Dr. Colton. The steer in the center bears a yarn tail and was never fired. Likewise, the horse was never fired and bears a yarn tail not visible in this image. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2, catalog card 3). - Sinagua points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Black point on the left: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. This point was found across the wash from Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point on the right: Side-notched chert projectile point manufactured in a Sinagua style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black): 2.7L x 1.5W cm (1.06 x 0.59 in); (opaque): 1.3L x 0.6W cm (0.51 x 0.024 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Copper Bells from Mexico
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Copper bells in the Southwest originated in Mesoamerica. Unfortunately, the provenience information for these particular bells is currently unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: (left)weft wrap, open-weave cotton cloth recovered from the Wupatki Pueblo trash midden; (right) plain-weave cotton cloth dyed red. The North Country is too cold for cotton to grow, so the cloth, or the cotton from which it was woven, was likely traded to the Sinagua by their southern neighbors, the Hohokam. Dimensions: (left) 8 cm x 4.5 cm x 0.1 cm; (right) 14.0 cm x 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Possible Nose or Cheek Plug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved white stone that could have been a nose or cheek plug. Dimensions: 1.9 (L) x 1.46 (W) cm (0.75 (L) x 0.57 (W) in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Nose Plugs
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: (top) limestone nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo; (bottom) red argillite nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo. Men wore these nose plugs through a pierced septum. Dimensions: (top) 3.7 cm (H) x 2.2 cm (W) x 1.7 cm (T); (bottom) 0.7 in. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Stone Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved stone pendant from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 8.8(H) x 8.2(W) x 0.5(T)cm (3.46 x 3.23 x 0.20 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Clay with Basket Imprint
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Clay bearing basket impressions, found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. The clay may have been collected in the basket for future use in ceramic manufacture. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Ceramic Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Painted ceramic quadruped from a pottery vessel found in Wupatki Pueblo. Design is possibly Tularosa Black-on-white. Dimensions: 3.9 cm (H) x 2.1 cm (W) x 1.8 cm (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Stone Cheek or Lip Plug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Stone cheek or nose plug described as being of a later style; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 1.7 cm wide x 0.9 cm thick; (0.67 in wide x 0.36 in thick). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Stone Ring
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Stone ring described in the catalog card as potentially hematite, but more likely steatite. Unfortunately, provenience information for the ring is unknown, so culture, period, and location of origin cannot be established. Dimensions: 0.75 cm (W) (30 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).