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- Spindle and Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Pot sherds were often reworked into disks for stick-and-whorl spindles used to spin cotton thread. This one is a Black Mesa Black-on-white spindle whorl mounted on replica spindle made by Zorro Bradley c. 1956 for an exhibit. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Ceramic Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Black-on-white spindle whorl from the trash between rooms in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 1.96 cm wide x 0.2 cm thick. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Flagstaff Black-on-white Shaped Disk
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white ceramic disc shaped by flaking and/or grinding and used to scrape and smooth Kayenta-style pottery. Dimensions: 4.6 cm (W) x 0.4 cm (T) (1.81 x 0.16 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).