- Bow and Arrows
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Wooden sinew-reinforced bow painted black and bearing a singly-ply twisted rawhide bowstring; solid wooden arrow shaft painted red and tipped with tin/iron point and fletched with long black feathers, from Chinle; modern-made Navajo arrow with a metal point and decorated with blue, red, black, and white paint. Dimensions: 52 1/2 inches long (bow); 23-24 1/2 inches long (arrows); 57 cm (modern arrow). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Shaft Straightener
Description: Basalt shaft straightener with a single groove. Dimensions: L 6.4, W 11.3 , H 3 cm, Groove W 1.6, diam 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Late 1800s Longrifle
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver, Serial Number
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Colt Army Model 1860 revolver bearing the serial number 13122. The barrel is stamped with “ADDRESS COL. SAM COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA.” This model was manufactured between 1860 and 1873, and was the most common revolver used during the Civil War. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Arrow Foreshaft
Description: Arrow foreshaft, nearly perfect with only a bit of tip broken off, and part of reed at either end still socketing the other end of foreshaft. The foreshaft is still bound with sinew for holding the foreshaft in the shaft. Dimensions: Approximately 30.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 458). - Split Feather Detail
Description: Close view of the sinew wrapped split feathers on MOCA 457, an arrow mainshaft. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 457). - Reeds, Alternate View
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Colt Army Model 1860 revolver bearing the serial number 13122. The barrel is stamped with “ADDRESS COL. SAM COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA.” This model was manufactured between 1860 and 1873, and was the most common revolver used during the Civil War. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver, Barrel Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Colt Army Model 1860 revolver bearing the serial number 13122. The barrel is stamped with “ADDRESS COL. SAM COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA.” This model was manufactured between 1860 and 1873, and was the most common revolver used during the Civil War. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained and three cutting marks evident at the end; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 12.5, DIAM 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Arrow Mainshaft
Description: Arrow mainshaft, made of reed grass (Phragmites communis) with a notched end and three split feathers intact and still wrapped with sinew. The other end and wooden foreshaft are missing. Dimensions: 16 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 457). - Arrowshaft
Description: Hardwood arrowshaft, slender and straight, blunt at one end, with a sharp tip at the other. In hunting small game, wooden tipped arrows are believed to have been frequently used. Dimensions: Approximately 26.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 459). - Reeds
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Late 1800s Longrifle, Barrel Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 9.3, DIAM 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.