- Sotol Matting
Description: Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) woven matting. Dimensions: L 59.0, W 39.0 cm (: 23, W 17 in). Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1308). - Sotol Matting, Detail
Description: Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) woven matting. Dimensions: L 59.0, W 39.0 cm (: 23, W 17 in). Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1308). - Sotol Matting, Detail 2
Description: Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) woven matting. Dimensions: L 59.0, W 39.0 cm (: 23, W 17 in). Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1308). - Child's Sotol Sandal
Description: Child's sotol (Dasylirion liliaceae) sandal woven with an over-1, under-1 pattern; complete except for broken tie strap. Dimensions: L 17.8, W 5.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 419). - Matting
Description: Matting made from the common sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri sp.), or possibly yucca. Two edges remain intact. Dimensions: Approximately 15.5 x 14.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 479). - Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri)
Common name: Sotol Scientific name: Dasylirion wheeleri Uses: Until a few decades ago, the Tohono O’odham (Papago) wove beautiful sleeping mats by plaiting together sotol leaves after removing marginal teeth.