- 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). - Navajo Saddle Blanket
Cultural Period: Historic, Navajo Description: Red Navajo saddle blanket with black double diamond design in center. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Loom Anchor"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Gray-slipped, unfired “loom anchor.” Such an object might have been used to weigh down wefts during weaving; however, this technique is not known for the prehistoric Southwest, so this artifact likely served a different function. Dimensions: L 5.2, DIAM 3.9 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 foot above Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Loom Anchor"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Gray-slipped, unfired “loom anchor.” Such an object might have been used to weigh down wefts during weaving; however, this technique is not known for the prehistoric Southwest, so this artifact likely served a different function. Dimensions: L 5.6, DIAM 4.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Loom Anchor"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Gray-slipped, unfired “loom anchor.” Such an object might have been used to weigh down wefts during weaving; however, this technique is not known for the prehistoric Southwest, so this artifact likely served a different function. Dimensions: L 4.9, DIAM 4.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Loom Anchor" Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Gray-slipped, unfired “loom anchor.” Such an object might have been used to weigh down wefts during weaving; however, this technique is not known for the prehistoric Southwest, so this artifact likely served a different function. Dimensions: L 5.0, DIAM 3.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Loom Anchor" Fragment, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Gray-slipped, unfired “loom anchor.” Such an object might have been used to weigh down wefts during weaving; however, this technique is not known for the prehistoric Southwest, so this artifact likely served a different function. Dimensions: L 5.0, DIAM 3.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Modeled Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unslipped grayware modeled spindle whorl. Dimensions: L 2.1, DIAM 2.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 14, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Awl and Weaving Tool
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Awl (front) and awl/weaving tool (back) from Atsinna Pueblo. The awl was fashioned from an Aves radius. Both the head and tip are broken, and the shaft is slightly polished. The awl/weaving tool was fashioned from a polished metapodial with a smoothed, dull tip. One surface bears score marks and fine transverse striations. This tool is interpreted as a grooved weaving tool. Dimensions: L 12.0, W 0.6, T 0.6 CM (front); L 14.0, W 1.5, T 1.2 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 7, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Spatula Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished white spatula awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2, backfill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Sewing Tools
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Needles and awls fashioned from animal bone; recovered from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Gaming Piece or Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Black-on-orange gaming piece or spindle whorl; on loan from Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15443). - Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Worked Black Mesa Black-on-white sherd, ground round and drilled in the center. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3003). - Woven Sash
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Woven Navajo sash in red, green, and white. Dimensions: 7 feet x 5 inches, excluding fringe. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Saddle Blanket
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Coarse weave saddle blanket with horizontal bands of black, white, gray, red, and yellow, with zig-zag edge motifs. Made by Mary Calamity ca. 1970; from Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument.