- Sandstone Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Worked cylindrical sandstone object with a large chip broken off one side. The chip has been reattached with glue. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 8). - Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Basalt full-groove axe head. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2596). - Hafted Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Fully-grooved stone axe hafted with a wooden loop handle, collected by Byron Cummings in 1909. The axe head is made of basalt. The bit and sides are polished, but the back of the head is rough - either pecked or used for pounding. The handle is looped around the lateral groove in the axe head, and smaller split twigs or vines hold the handle and axe head in place. Red pigment is still apparent on the loop around the axe head. Dimensions: 4 L x 3 1/4 W x 2 7/8 T (axe). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 433). - Shaft Straightener
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Sandstone shaft straightener. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Scarlet Macaw Feathers
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Scarlet Macaw feathers bound together with yucca and cotton. Dimensions: 2 3/4 inch diameter (the opening in the center is just large enough to fit a lead pencil tip). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 37). - Scarlet Macaw Feathers, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Scarlet Macaw feathers bound together with yucca and cotton. Dimensions: 2 3/4 inch diameter (the opening in the center is just large enough to fit a lead pencil tip). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 37). - Knife Handle
Cultural Period: Unknown. Description: Oak knife handle from Keet Seel. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2211). - 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).