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- Pumice Mortar and Ball
Description: Pumice mortar and smoothed pumice ball. Dimensions: Height 1.3 cm, Diameter 3.2 cm, bowl 2.2 x 1.4 cm (mortar). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - ball). - Miniature Mortar and Ball
Description: Paint mortar and stone ball. Dimensions: Height 1.3 cm, diameter 4.4 cm, bowl 3.5 x .7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Miniature Basalt Mortar
Description: Miniature basalt mortar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card ). - Miniature Metate
Description: Paint mortar made from pumice and shaped like a miniature metate. Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 5.1 cm, Trough -9.2 x 5.3 x 1.1 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Small Axe or Chisel
Description: Small toy axe, or possible chisel, made from argillaceous limestone and notched on the sides. Dimensions: 7 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Zoomorphic Mortar and Matching Pestle
Description: Pumice paint mortar, shaped to resemble a frog or turtle, and matching oval pestle. Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm (mortar) and 3.8 x 3.2 cm (pestle). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - pestle).