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- Palette with Red Hematite
Description: Palette with eight incised shallow notches along one edge. The hematite has been added to show how the palette would have been used. Dimensions of palette: 10.8 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - hematite). - Palette with Specular Hematite
Description: Slate palette with an incised border. A piece of unworked specular hematite was placed with the palette to show how the artifact would have been used in the past. Dimensions of palette: 13.5 x 8.4 x .8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - hematite). - Palette with Azurite
Description: Incised palette with an azurite lump used to make a ground powder paste. Dimensions: 8.2 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - azurite). - Mortar with Limonite
Description: Stone paint mortar with limonite. Dimensions: 3.7 cm tall, 6.3 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - limonite). - Mortar with Malachite Pieces
Description: Pumice paint mortar with unworked malachite pieces. Dimensions: 3.7 cm tall, 6.3 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - malachite). - Crushed Red Ochre
Description: Miniature Verde Brown bowl with coarsely crushed red ochre. Dimensions: Height 1.3, Diameter 3.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - bowl, catalog card - ochre). - Mortar with White Pigment
Description: Basalt mortar with a white pigment tentatively identified as kaolin powder. Dimensions: 1.25 inches tall, 2.75 inch diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - pigment). - Mosaic Pendant, Close-up
Description: Composite of modified pink scallop shell with turquoise mosaic pendant. Dimensions: Shell diameter 4.4 cm, mosaic diam 1.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Bead Blanks
Description: Thin argillite bead blanks in a plainware or Verde Brown bowl. The blanks are of various shapes; some are square while others are six-sided. These blanks, of which there are 652, were found in a single cache. Only 19 are perforated. Dimensions: Bead blanks average about 0.6 cm across. Bowl-3.8 cm H, 9.2 x 6.8 cm opening. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - bowl; catalog card - bead blanks). - Turquoise Mosaic Pendant
Description: Turquoise mosaic pendant with an argillite center adhered to a shell drilled for suspension. Dimensions: 1.4 cm long, 1.6 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Incised Argillite Paint Mortar
Description: Argillite paint mortar with 27 vertical exterior grooves (each 2 mm wide by 2 mm deep). A black substance adheres to the interior of the mortar, which was at one time well polished all around. A large piece of the base has broken and been mended. Dimensions: Diam. 7.2 x Base 5.5 x Depth 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mosaic Pendant
Description: Composite of modified pink scallop shell with turquoise mosaic pendant. Dimensions: Shell diameter 4.4 cm, mosaic diam 1.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mosaic Replica, Front
View 3D Model Description: Turquoise and coral mosaic on shell; replica made by Emil Haury, August 20, 1931. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: n/a Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15593). - Argillite Pipe
Description: Broken tubular argillite pipe. Dimensions: L 6.4, diam 1.3, and 2.3, inner diam 2.2 and 1.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite or Hematite Pendant
Description: Flat rectangular argillite or hematite pendant drilled for suspension. Dimensions: 2.8 x 2 x 0.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).