- Yucca Needle
Description: Yucca needle. Dimensions: Approximately 3.75 cm (needle), 5 cm (string); total length approximately 8.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 52?). - Yucca Basketry
Description: A basketry artifact made of yucca. Dimensions: 7.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 140 or 1578). - Yucca Basketry
Description: Fragment of basketry made from yucca. Dimensions: 1 5/8 inches across. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 57). - Yucca Basketry
Description: A basketry artifact made of yucca fiber. Dimensions: Approximately 9 x 2.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 140 or 1578). - Batten
Description: Wooden batten. Weavers used these to hold warp threads apart. Dimensions: 17.5 inches long, 0.5 inches wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 61). - Diamond Design Fabric
Description: Fragment of twilled cotton cloth with a woven design of black and red diamonds on a white background. Dimensions: Approximately 18.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 178). - Yucca Rope
Description: Rope made from braided strands of yucca. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 36). - Yucca Fiber
Description: Bundle of untwisted yucca fibers. Dimensions: 30 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 47). - Yucca and Cotton Cloth
Description: Yucca and cotton fabric made by weaving cotton rag strips and yucca fibers. Yucca baccata warp, double yucca weft, and unevenly spaced cotton rag wefting. Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 10.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 164). - Yucca and Cotton Cloth, Detail
Description: Yucca and cotton fabric made by weaving cotton rag strips and yucca fibers. Yucca baccata warp, double yucca weft, and unevenly spaced cotton rag wefting. Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 10.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 164). - Spindle Whorl
Description: Spindle whorl found with a mass of unspun cotton. Whorls allowed weavers to twist and wind yarn to prepare it for weaving. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 54). - Pottery
Description: Kayenta Black-on-White jar with handle. Dimensions: 4 inches tall, 3.75 inches diam. of mouth, 5 inches body diam. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 340). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Argillite pendant worked from red argillite from a prehistoric quarry only a few miles from the site where the pendant was found. Dimensions: Approximately 3.75 x 2.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 453). - Chert Knife
Description: Chert knife, percussion shaped, edges retouched, and base broken. Dimensions: Approximately 5 cm tall and 4.3 cm wide at the base. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1149). - Pumpkin Rind
Description: Pumpkin rind. Dimensions: Approximately 7.2 cm long x 5.1 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center.