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- 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. - 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. - Tuzigoot Plain or Red Sherd with Fabric Impressions, Alternate View
Description: Large Tuzigoot Plain or Tuzigoot Red olla fragment with woven fabric impressions in the interior surface. The impressions are from simple woven goods with 28-30 warps to the inch and a regular over one-under one weave. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (View catalog card). - Basket Weave Cloth, Close-up
Description: Basket weave cloth with a rolled hem. Dimensions: 2.54 x 17.78, and 15.24 x 22.86 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card ). - Cotton Cordage
Description: Mass of cotton strings loosely twisted together and likely once attached to something else (perhaps a skirt or apron?). The strings consist of two strands s-spun and z-twisted together, with knots passing between strands and tying to one of the them. Dimensions: Diam. 0.1-0.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Woven Fabric
Description: Finely woven fabric with z-twist warp and I-twist weft. The fabric was dyed blue (now faded) and had a pattern of diagonally placed squares left free of dye except for blue dots in the centers of each. Bird feathers were also incorporated into the weave. Dimensions: 10.5 -7.5 x 12 x .03 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Tunic Fabric
Description: Warp-wrapped patterned tunic fabric with open work forming an interlocked triangular design reminiscent of Flagstaff Black-on-white pottery designs. Dimensions: Finely woven 11-14 threads/cm. Warp-wrapped openings are approximately 3-4 mm wide. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - String Dress
Description: A string dress typical of those worn by young Sinagua girls. The dress is made from cotton and yucca with a waist band/belt made of approximately 32 Z-spun, S-twist, 2-ply strands of dark brown cotton and fringe made as a separate construction. Dimensions: 34 x 15 x 1.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Polychrome Band or Strap, Alternate View
Description: Woven polychrome band or strap with a pattern of white, olive green, and rust colored rectangles and diamonds. The dyes were made using vegetal material and the weave is a plain weave with ten loose z-twisted warp threads. Dimensions: 51.6 x 1.4-1.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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). - Cotton
Description: Mass of unspun cotton. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1491).