- Dried Bottle Gourds (Lagenaria siceraria)
Common name: Calabash; Bottle Gourd; Long Melon; Opo Squash Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria Description: Bottle gourds grow in a variety of shapes and sizes. The leaves are large and broad, flowers are white to yellow, and the mature gourds are typically shades of green. Uses: Often carved into bowls/cups,dippers,spoons, or masks - by Acoma, Apache, Cochiti, Havasupai, Hopi, Keres, Mohave, Navajo, Papago, Pima, and Yuma). Predominantly used as a container or utensil, however, also used for ceremonial/ritual purposes (as a trumpet and/or rattle). - Squash Stems and Rind
Description: Four squash stems and one rind; worked. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 7105). - Gourd or Squash Container
Description: Gourd or squash container with the top cut, a hole in one side of the neck, and a 2-ply cotton(?) cord. Dimensions: L 8.0, Diam 3.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 14, under N Wall. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2527). - Squash Stems and Rind, Alternate View
Description: Four squash stems and one rind; worked. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 7105). - Gourd or Squash Container, Alternate View
Description: Gourd or squash container with the top cut, a hole in one side of the neck, and a 2-ply cotton(?) cord. Dimensions: L 8.0, Diam 3.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 14, under N Wall. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2527). - Worked Gourd, Alternate View
Description: Worked gourd scoop or dipper. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 4, NW Corner. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 7106). - Seed
Description: Squash(?) seed. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1451). - Worked Gourd (Canteen?)
Description: Worked gourd with a small hole near the mouth; possibly the remnant of a canteen. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 355). - Worked Gourd
Description: Worked gourd scoop or dipper. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 4, NW Corner. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 7106). - Gourd Rattle
Cultural Period: Puebloan Description: Gourd rattle with a carved wooden handle; painted in blue, red, black, and yellow. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Gourd Rind
Description: Unworked gourd rind (Lagenaria sp. or Cucubita sp.). Dimensions: L 14.7 cm Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Food Remains
Description: Corn, beans, squash, and cotton. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1484 - cob, TONT 387 - charred bean, TONT 1451 - seed, TONT 390 - yellow bean, TONT 1493 - cotton, and TONT 1459 - red kernels). - Squash Stem
Description: Squash stem. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Pumpkin Rind
Description: Pumpkin rind. Dimensions: Approximately 7.2 cm long x 5.1 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Squash-shell Scoop, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Scoop made from the hard shell of a cucurbit (squash). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.