Home / Albums Hairpins
+ Bone + Households and Communities 2
Bone Awl or Hairpin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone awl or hairpin carved at one end. The carving could be a feather, an arrow point, or the rattle of a rattlesnake. Although not broken, this piece was found in the trash of Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 9.6 cm long (3.78 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).
Bone Awl or Hairpin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone awl or hairpin carved into an animal hoof at one end; found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 22.2 cm long (8.74 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).