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- Argillite Bird Pendant
Description: Argillite bird pendant. Dimensions: 5.1 x 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Effigy
Description: Animal effigy carved from argillite. Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw Malachite
Description: Pieces of raw malachite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center. - Raw Malachite, Close-up
Description: Pieces of raw malachite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center. - Rock Salt
Description: Unworked rock salt. Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Worked Malachite
Description: Large worked piece of malachite. Dimensions: 1.9 x 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw and Worked Malachite
Description: Pieces of raw malachite and a large worked piece. Dimensions: H 1.9, Diam 3.2. cm (worked piece). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog cards - worked piece; raw pieces - TUZI 2719, TUZI 1533, and TUZI 3035). - Raw Azurite and Azurite Pigment
Description: Small ceramic bowl with pure crystalline blue azurite pigment and raw azurite pieces. Dimensions: Height 0.6, Diameter 2.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog cards - pigment, bowl, and raw azurite: TUZI 1214, TUZI 1316, TUZI 2081). - Raw Argillite
Description: Raw argillite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw Argillite
Description: Raw argillite. Dimensions: Unknown. 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, 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). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Shaft Straightener, Alternate View
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Argillite Spindle Whorl
Description: Argillite spindle whorl. Dimensions: L 4.0, W 4.0, T 0.4 mm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4741).