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- Wooden Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden spindle whorl. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1278). - Wooden Weaving Comb
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden weaving comb, fire-blackened and broken in half lengthwise. Dimensions: 2 1/3 L x 3/4 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3474). - Split Twig "Fetish"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: "Fetish" made of split twigs. The head consists of two interwoven concentric ovals at right angles mounted to a handle made of two strips doubled over opposite angels between the wings of the head and wrapped below by more wood strips. Dimensions: Approximately 3-4 inches. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1916). - Wood and Bone Awls or Hairpins
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wood and bone awls or hairpins. Catalog No. 2228 is illustrated in Keith Anderson's dissertation on Tsegi Phase technology. Catalog No. 1008 is made of bone; the others are wood. Dimensions: 4 1/2 X 7/16 X 9/16 inches (Catalog No. 2226). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15440 - bottom, 1008 - second from bottom, 2228 - second from top, and 2226 - top). - Carved Cottonwood Root
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Whittled wood object. Dimensions: 3 3/4 L x 7/16 W (shaft) x 1/4 T (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 29). - Corn Stalk and Sticks
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Corn stalk and part of the adjoining ear with four sticks stuck into one end. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 575). - Rabbit Stick
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Curved wooden (oak?) rabbit stick with a sharpened outer edge. Dimensions: 16 1/2 L x 3 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 167). - Flute Segment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Section of sinew-wrapped wooden flute found during the 1934 stabilization project at Keet Seel. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: on display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1414). - Bundled Twigs or Grass
Description: Bundled twigs or grass stems tied with cord, perhaps for use in painting. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Oak Planting Stick
Description: Crooked oak planting stick, flattened on one end and found sticking out of trash in the back of a small cave several miles up Sycamore Canyon. Dimensions: 128.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Axe Handle
Description: Prehistoric axe handle, encrusted with salt; a bit of yucca fiber tie still clings to the end. Dimensions: 7.1 cm from end, stick thinned for 17.4 cm by removal of wood from one side (55.8 x 2.6 cm). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Knife
Description: Hafted agave knife with an agave stalk handle. The stone knife blade was flaked along the edges and then pushed through the agave stalk while the stalk was still green (there are stretch cracks around the pointed end of the stone). This tool was well-used and exhibits extreme use-polish on the stone knife. Dimensions: Stalk-40.2 cm long, 4.5 cm diameter; Blade-14 x 9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Stalks
Description: Two agave stalks connected by a yucca cord. Dimensions: Each stalk is about 18 cm long. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Stalk
Description: A section of agave stalk into the end of which a stick was inserted and attached to a piece of cordage. Dimensions: Approximately 15 cm long (stalk). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Walnut or Oak Digging Stick
Description: Walnut or oak digging stick slightly flattened on one end. Dimensions: 147.5 cm long, 2.5 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).