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- Yucca Ring
Description: Ring woven from yucca fibers. Dimensions: Diam 3.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 259). - Agave Knife
Description: Hafted agave knife with an agave stalk handle. The stone knife blade was flaked along the edges and then pushed through the agave stalk while the stalk was still green (there are stretch cracks around the pointed end of the stone). This tool was well-used and exhibits extreme use-polish on the stone knife. Dimensions: Stalk-40.2 cm long, 4.5 cm diameter; Blade-14 x 9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Needle and Thread
Description: Agave needle and twisted fiber thread. Dimensions: L 4 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin, Room 11, Fill. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1135). - Agave Spine Needle
Description: Agave spine needle. Dimensions: L 3 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1133). - Agave Spine Needle
Description: Agave spine needle. Dimensions: L 2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1080). - Agave Spine Needle
Description: Agave spine needle with shredded fiber end. Dimensions: L 2 1/2 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1037). - Agave Stalk
Description: A section of agave stalk into the end of which a stick was inserted and attached to a piece of cordage. Dimensions: Approximately 15 cm long (stalk). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Stalks
Description: Two agave stalks connected by a yucca cord. Dimensions: Each stalk is about 18 cm long. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Applicator
Description: Pine resin covering one end of a short reed stem. Dimensions: Diam 6 mm. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2447). - Apron Band
Description: Triple-weft yucca(?) apron band with fringe on either side. Dimensions: L 13, W 2 1/12 in; fringe 8 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2392). - Apron Band, Detail
Description: Triple-weft yucca(?) apron band with fringe on either side. Dimensions: L 13, W 2 1/12 in; fringe 8 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2392). - Arizona Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni)
Common name: Barrel Cactus, Candy Barrel, Compass Barrel, Fishhook Barrel Cactus Scientific name: Ferocactus wislizeni Description: Squat barrel-shaped cactus with long, curved spines, yellow to orange colored flowers, and yellow fruit. Dye: None. Other uses: The Seri and other groups use this particular barrel cactus as an emergency water source; Seris have survived on it for as long as a month. The Tohono O’odham eat the fruit as an emergency food (year-round). The Seri also eat the flowers and buds. - Arrow
Description: Willow twig with an obsidian projectile point lashed on with yucca fiber. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 570). - Arrow
Description: Projectile point bound to a reed arrow shaft with cotton string and modern wire. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 937). - 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).