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- Hafted Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Fully-grooved stone axe hafted with a wooden loop handle, collected by Byron Cummings in 1909. The axe head is made of basalt. The bit and sides are polished, but the back of the head is rough - either pecked or used for pounding. The handle is looped around the lateral groove in the axe head, and smaller split twigs or vines hold the handle and axe head in place. Red pigment is still apparent on the loop around the axe head. Dimensions: 4 L x 3 1/4 W x 2 7/8 T (axe). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 433). - Knife Handle
Cultural Period: Unknown. Description: Oak knife handle from Keet Seel. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2211). - Wooden Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden spindle whorl. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1278). - Wooden Weaving Comb
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden weaving comb, fire-blackened and broken in half lengthwise. Dimensions: 2 1/3 L x 3/4 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3474). - Wood and Bone Awls or Hairpins
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wood and bone awls or hairpins. Catalog No. 2228 is illustrated in Keith Anderson's dissertation on Tsegi Phase technology. Catalog No. 1008 is made of bone; the others are wood. Dimensions: 4 1/2 X 7/16 X 9/16 inches (Catalog No. 2226). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15440 - bottom, 1008 - second from bottom, 2228 - second from top, and 2226 - top). - Carved Cottonwood Root
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Whittled wood object. Dimensions: 3 3/4 L x 7/16 W (shaft) x 1/4 T (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 29). - Rabbit Stick
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Curved wooden (oak?) rabbit stick with a sharpened outer edge. Dimensions: 16 1/2 L x 3 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 167). - Possible Arrow Shaft
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Identified as an arrow shaft, but bearing an irregular surface and diameter. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2245). - Portion of a Cane Arrow
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Burned end of a cane arrow shaft with notch (nock) and binding. Dimensions: 2 L x 1/4 diameter (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3184). - Wooden Loom Roller
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Belt loom roller notched at each end and bearing fire marks in some places. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3471). - Flute Segment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Section of sinew-wrapped wooden flute found during the 1934 stabilization project at Keet Seel. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: on display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 1414). - Weaving Batten
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden weaving batten, broken in half and fire-blackened. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3475). - Planting Stick
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden planting stick with one end flat and pointed and the other rounded. Dimensions: 40 inches long. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 264). - Digging Stick
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Wooden digging stick. Dimensions: 9 3/4 inches long. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2233). - Fighting Stick?
Description: Wooden fighting stick? Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument.