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- Flagstaff Black-on-white Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Walnut Black-on-white Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Walnut Black-on-white bowl restored by the Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: 9 in (diameter) x 5 3/4 in (depth). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - In Clay and Paint
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: (left) Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle; (right) Flagstaff Black-on-white figuring or handle fragment. Dimensions: (left) unknown; (right) Approx. 3 cm x 2 cm. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Variation in Form, Size, and Decorations
The area encompassed by Wupatki National Monument was an area of convergence for several Ancestral Puebloan cultural groups, including Kayenta, Sinagua, and Cohonina. Each group produced their own ceramics using a range of vessel forms as designs, as shown here. Back Row (left to right) Sosi Black-on-white jar, large Padre Black-on-white water storage jar, and Tusayan Black-on-white canteen. Center (left to right) Tusayan Corrugated mug, Deadmans Fugitive Red jar, Sunset Corrugated bowl (marked Elden on the catalog card), and Black Mesa Black-on-white jar. Front (left to right) Sunset Red bowl, Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl with handle, Walnut Black-on-white ladle, Miniature Tusayan Black-on-white bowl, Miniature red jar, and Flagstaff Black-on-white ladle. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog cards are linked in the descriptions of the individual vessels). - Faces of the Past Clay Series
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta/Sinagua Description: Left to right - pinched-nose figurine, Alameda Brown Ware pinched-nose figurine, painted Flagstaff Black-on-white figurine or handle fragment, pinched-nose figurine, painted and inlaid/incised Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle, and modeled figurine or handle fragment. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Stone Bowl
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Stone bowl made from pecked and ground basalt. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Wooden Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved wooden figurine. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt Cylinders
Cultural Period: Sinagua Description: Shaped scoriaceous basalt cylinders; function unknown. Recovered primarily from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Max. - 8.95 cm (L) x 3.12 c (diam.); Min. - 4.6 cm (L) x 2.1 (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt "Bullets"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Tapering, bullet-shaped objects made of basalt and carefully smoothed; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left - Unknown; Right - 6.25 cm (L) x 1.6 cm (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Flintknapping Tools and Products
Description: Range of tools used in stone tool manufacture and the finished products. Back Row Wooden shaft and shaft straightener, edge grinder, and hammerstone. Center Rows Bifaces and biface fragments, antler tine, and obsidian flakes. Front Row Raw material examples and finished projectile points. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Bone Sewing Tools
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Needles and awls fashioned from animal bone; recovered from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Burden Basket
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Large basket fragment, 2 rod and bundle construction. Dimensions: 21.5 cm (H) x 12.8 cm (basal diam.) Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Cotton cloth fragments from Wupatki Pueblo. Northern people likely traded with the Hohokam for cotton cloth or raw cotton. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - What to See and Do