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- Knife or Scraper
Description: Broken knife or scraper made from bone. Dimensions: 6 inches (15.24 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 220). - Needle
Description: Needle or slender bone awl, perforated at one end, and made from the leg bone of a rabbit. Dimensions: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 217). - Unworked Bone
Description: Unworked deer metapodial. Dimensions: Approximately 27.25 cm long Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Awl
Description: Bone awl. Dimensions: 5.5 inches. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 218). - Bone Tube
Description: Bone tube. This artifact may have been used as a cigarette holder or as the source for bone beads. Dimensions: Approximately 5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 233). - Deer Bone Awl
Description: Deer bone awl with a flat cross-section. This tool may also have served as a weapon. Dimensions: Approximately 25.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 434). - Awl
Description: Bone awl, presumably made of split metapodial (toe) bone of deer. Dimensions: Approximately 10 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 436).