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- Natural Cup-shaped Concretions
Description: Naturally formed concretions found at Wupatki Pueblo and used for grinding pigments. Dimensions: (left) 0.7H x 1.5diam cm (0.28 x 0.59 in); (right) 3.3H x 1.7W cm (1.3 x 0.67 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Stone Hoe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Stone hoe made from a hard basalt. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Puebloan Knife
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Bifacial Pueblo-period knife made from agatized wood and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card - Obsidian Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Bone Finishing Needle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Wupatki Pueblo (A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone needle with tapering ends. The needle, found in Wupatki Pueblo, might have been used as a finishing needle in weaving. The piece was found broken and has since been mended. Dimensions: 14.4 (L) x 0.6 (diameter) cm (5.67 x .24 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Close View of Bone Sewing Needle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). Description: Close-up view of the bone sewing needle and yucca thread shown in the previous slide. Note the scratches in the eye of the needle from the drill used to bore the hole and the abrasions along the bottom margin of the needle resulting from smoothing/shaping of the bone. - Flagstaff Black-on-white Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Walnut Black-on-white Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Walnut Black-on-white bowl restored by the Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: 9 in (diameter) x 5 3/4 in (depth). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - In Clay and Paint
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: (left) Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle; (right) Flagstaff Black-on-white figuring or handle fragment. Dimensions: (left) unknown; (right) Approx. 3 cm x 2 cm. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Variation in Form, Size, and Decorations
The area encompassed by Wupatki National Monument was an area of convergence for several Ancestral Puebloan cultural groups, including Kayenta, Sinagua, and Cohonina. Each group produced their own ceramics using a range of vessel forms as designs, as shown here. Back Row (left to right) Sosi Black-on-white jar, large Padre Black-on-white water storage jar, and Tusayan Black-on-white canteen. Center (left to right) Tusayan Corrugated mug, Deadmans Fugitive Red jar, Sunset Corrugated bowl (marked Elden on the catalog card), and Black Mesa Black-on-white jar. Front (left to right) Sunset Red bowl, Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl with handle, Walnut Black-on-white ladle, Miniature Tusayan Black-on-white bowl, Miniature red jar, and Flagstaff Black-on-white ladle. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog cards are linked in the descriptions of the individual vessels). - Faces of the Past Clay Series
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta/Sinagua Description: Left to right - pinched-nose figurine, Alameda Brown Ware pinched-nose figurine, painted Flagstaff Black-on-white figurine or handle fragment, pinched-nose figurine, painted and inlaid/incised Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle, and modeled figurine or handle fragment. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Stone Bowl
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Stone bowl made from pecked and ground basalt. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Wooden Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved wooden figurine. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt Cylinders
Cultural Period: Sinagua Description: Shaped scoriaceous basalt cylinders; function unknown. Recovered primarily from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Max. - 8.95 cm (L) x 3.12 c (diam.); Min. - 4.6 cm (L) x 2.1 (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt "Bullets"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Tapering, bullet-shaped objects made of basalt and carefully smoothed; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left - Unknown; Right - 6.25 cm (L) x 1.6 cm (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki.