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- Yucca Fiber Stopper
Description: Close view of the yucca stopper in MOCA 149, a gourd paint container. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 149). - Yei Sand Painting
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Vertical rectangular presentation in sand of a single Yei figure. The figure has a square white head, earrings, a turquoise necklace, and is wearing a kilt of rose red with black and darker red designs. The figure also holds green sprigs (corn plants) in both hands. Dimensions: 9 L x 5 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Stone Paint Palette
Description: Stone palette on which pigment was prepared. Flakes of hematite (iron ore) were ground into a powder on the sandstone palette. Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 x 10.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 111). - Spheriod
Description: Spheriod with a possible paint stain on its smooth surface. Dimensions: Diam. 1.5 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Sandstone Abrader
Description: Oval sandstone abrader with pigment on one side. Dimensions: 8.6 x 5 x 2.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Reproduction of Mural Fragment 3
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 3 was painted on the outer layer of plaster south of fragments 1 and 2, and is probably a continuation of Mural Fragment 1. The fragment has a white background with black and red geometric designs that consist mainly of broad vertical lines. There is also a partial half-terrace figure. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. The original reproduction was done in color, but could not be located. - Reproduction of Mural Fragment 1
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 1 was painted on the outer plaster layer directly over Mural Fragment 2. The fragment has a white background and a red design consisting of rectangles or broad line segments and one small triangle. No pattern is apparent, but this particular mural segment is fragmentary. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. The original reproduction was done in color, but could not be located. - Portion of a Cane Arrow
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Burned end of a cane arrow shaft with notch (nock) and binding. Dimensions: 2 L x 1/4 diameter (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3184). - Palette with Specular Hematite
Description: Slate palette with an incised border. A piece of unworked specular hematite was placed with the palette to show how the artifact would have been used in the past. Dimensions of palette: 13.5 x 8.4 x .8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - hematite). - Palette with Red Hematite
Description: Palette with eight incised shallow notches along one edge. The hematite has been added to show how the palette would have been used. Dimensions of palette: 10.8 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - hematite). - Palette with Azurite
Description: Incised palette with an azurite lump used to make a ground powder paste. Dimensions: 8.2 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - palette, catalog card - azurite). - Painted Figurine
Description: The head of a clay human figurine with traces of paint on the cheeks. Dimensions: L 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Paint Palette
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Carved stone palette bearing traces of red pigment. Unfortunately, the provenience of this artifact is unknown, so the culture or temporal period of use cannot be established. Dimensions: 10.5 (L) x 6.5 (W) cm (4.13 in x 2.56 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Paint Palette
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Stone palette shaped by chipping and grinding sandstone to form a rectangular shape in which three cupules are spaced equally. Each cupule still bears the remnants of minerals ground for paint pigment at Wupatki Pueblo. The yellow, orange, and brown pigments are derived from iron-rich minerals such as limonite, ochre, and perhaps hematite. Dimensions: 23.0L x 11.7W x 3.7T cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Natural Cup-shaped Concretions
Description: Naturally formed concretions found at Wupatki Pueblo and used for grinding pigments. Dimensions: (left) 0.7H x 1.5diam cm (0.28 x 0.59 in); (right) 3.3H x 1.7W cm (1.3 x 0.67 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2).