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- Cotton Yarn
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: Thirteen strands of cotton yarn dyed blue, black, and various shades of brown. Represented types include single, double, and multiple twists. All strands are from Wupatki Pueblo. The cotton may have been traded up from the Hohokam in the south, either as bulk material or as processed yarn. Dimensions: Avg. 9 cm long x 0.2 cm diam. (3.54 x .08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card - Tump Line in a Tapestry Weave
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Section of a tump line (a strap crossing the forehead or chest to aid in carrying a load on the back) from Wupatki Pueblo. The strap is cotton yarn on yucca warp, and is decorated with a polychrome design in blue and two shades of brown. Since cotton couldn't be grown at higher elevations, it was likely acquired from the Hohokam further south. Dimensions: 10.0 cm (L) x 3.25 cm (W) (3.94 in x 1.28 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Plain-Weave Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: Plain-weave cotton cloth dyed red. The North Country is too cold for cotton to grow, so the cloth, or the cotton from which it was woven, was likely traded to the Sinagua by their southern neighbors, the Hohokam. Dimensions: 14.0 cm x 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Open-Weave Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: Weft wrap, open-weave cotton cloth recovered from the Wupatki Pueblo trash midden. Like the cloth depicted in the previous slide, this piece or at least the cotton from which it was made, likely originated with the Hohokam to the south. Dimensions: 8 cm x 4.5 cm x 0.1 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Cotton cloth fragments from Wupatki Pueblo. Northern people likely traded with the Hohokam for cotton cloth or raw cotton. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Woven Cotton Fabric
Description: Woven cotton fabric. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Woven Cotton Belt
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Woven cotton belt or apron with tassels. Dimensions: 8 1/8 L x 1 1/2 W (inches). Tassels are 1 3/4 inches long. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 221). - Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Woven cloth. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1675). - Yucca Needle with Cotton Thread
Description: Self-threaded yucca needle with cotton twined into the yucca thread. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Yucca Fiber
Description: Bundle of untwisted yucca fibers. Dimensions: 30 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 47). - Cotton
Description: Mass of unspun cotton. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1491). - Cotton Skirt
Description: A knotted cotton skirt that would have been worn by a Sinagua woman. Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 20 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 46). - Woven Sash
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Woven Navajo sash in red, green, and white. Dimensions: 7 feet x 5 inches, excluding fringe. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Saddle Blanket
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Coarse weave saddle blanket with horizontal bands of black, white, gray, red, and yellow, with zig-zag edge motifs. Made by Mary Calamity ca. 1970; from Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Navajo Saddle Blanket
Cultural Period: Historic, Navajo Description: Red Navajo saddle blanket with black double diamond design in center. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.