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- Wooden Ladle
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Carved wooden ladle or spoon. Unfortunately, no additional information - culture, period, or location - is known about this artifact. Dimensions: 34.0L x 9.5W x 4.5T cm (13.4 x 3.74 x 1.77 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Fire Stick Fragment and Hearth Board
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: This hearth board and wooden fire drill would have been been used together to create fire by friction such as that caused when using a bow drill. Dimensions: (hearth board) 9.1 cm long (3.58 in); (drill) 6.0 (L) x 1.8 (diameter) cm (2.36 x 0.71 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog cards - hearth, drill). - Weaving Shed Rod
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). Description: Wooden shed rod for weaving found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 39.0 (L) x 1.8 (W) cm (15.35 x .71 in). - Weaving Batten
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Wooden weaving batten from Wupatki Pueblo. Battens were used to separate foundation yarns during weaving. Dimensions: 32.0 L x 3.3 W x 0.7 T cm (12.6 x 1.3 x .28 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Wooden Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved wooden figurine. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Hearth Board
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: This hearth board from Wupatki Pueblo would have served as the base of a fire making kit that using heat from friction (such as that created by a bow drill) to light tinder. Dimensions: 9.1 cm long (3.58 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Fire Stick Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: A fragment of a wooden fire drill found in the trash of Wupatki Pueblo. The stick would have been used in tandem with the hearth board in the next slide to create heat from friction that would in turn light tinder to start a fire. Dimensions: 6.0 (L) x 1.8 (diameter) cm (2.36 x 0.71 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - 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). - 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). - 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).