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- Awls
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Bone awls fashioned from animal long bones. Hundreds of similar awls, made largely from the leg bones of pronghorn antelope, were found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Bone Needle Threaded with Yucca
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone sewing needle threaded with twisted yucca fiber; found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 10.7 (L) x 0.7 (diameter) cm (4.21 x 0.28 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).