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- Cactus Fruit Picker(?)
Description: Two pieces of wood bound together with fiber and tentatively identified as a picking tool for gathering prickly pear fruit. Dimensions: L 32.5, W 1.5, and L 33.7, W 1.2 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1569). - Digging Stick, Alternate View
Description: Digging stick shaped by carving and bending to create a spatulate digging end and rounded handle. Dimensions: L 33.0, Diam 3.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 17. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1438). - Cactus Fruit Picker(?), Alternate View
Description: Two pieces of wood bound together with fiber and tentatively identified as a picking tool for gathering prickly pear fruit. Dimensions: L 32.5, W 1.5, and L 33.7, W 1.2 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1569). - Barbed Shaft, Detail
Description: Tapered wooden shaft with a barbed end; the end opposite the barbs has pitch or gum on it. Dimensions: L 19.1 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 265). - Barbed Shaft, Detail 2
Description: Tapered wooden shaft with a barbed end; the end opposite the barbs has pitch or gum on it. Dimensions: L 19.1 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 265). - Wooden Point
Description: Wooden point with a constricted end, likely for socketing into another piece. Dimensions: L approx 5 cm. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 69). - Split Wood Bound with String
Description: Split wood bound by 3-ply white cotton thread (z-spun, s-twist). Dimensions: L 33.0, W 0.8 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1571). - Wooden Awl, Alternate View
Description: Wooden awl with serrated knobs carved on one end. Dimensions: L 6, Diam 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1021). - Wooden Awl
Description: Wooden awl with serrated knobs carved on one end. Dimensions: L 6, Diam 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1021). - Wooden Awl, Alternate View 2
Description: Wooden awl with serrated knobs carved on one end. Dimensions: L 6, Diam 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1021). - Split Wood Bound with String, Detail
Description: Split wood bound by 3-ply white cotton thread (z-spun, s-twist). Dimensions: L 33.0, W 0.8 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1571). - Spindle
Description: Wooden spindle. Dimensions: L 11 1/2 in. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1512). - Wooden Awl, Detail
Description: Wooden awl with serrated knobs carved on one end. Dimensions: L 6, Diam 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1021). - Spindle, Detail
Description: Wooden spindle. Dimensions: L 11 1/2 in. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1512). - Wooden Spindle Whorl
Description: Wooden spindle whorl with a beveled edge. Dimensions: Diam 2.75, T 1/8 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 188).