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- Flintknapper's Hide Palm
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: "Flintknappers' palm" - Double thick stitched hide used to protect the palm of the hand from injury when producing stone tools. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 626). - Scarlet Macaw Feathers
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Scarlet Macaw feathers bound together with yucca and cotton. Dimensions: 2 3/4 inch diameter (the opening in the center is just large enough to fit a lead pencil tip). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 37). - Scarlet Macaw Feathers, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Scarlet Macaw feathers bound together with yucca and cotton. Dimensions: 2 3/4 inch diameter (the opening in the center is just large enough to fit a lead pencil tip). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 37). - Rabbit Fur and Yucca Cordage
Culture: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Rabbit fur wound with yucca. Similar cordage was often woven into blankets. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Stick Bundle
Cultural Period: Navajo (Historic) Description: Bundle of wooden sticks, similar to a weaving batten. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3350). - Axe Handle
Description: Prehistoric axe handle, encrusted with salt; a bit of yucca fiber tie still clings to the end. Dimensions: 7.1 cm from end, stick thinned for 17.4 cm by removal of wood from one side (55.8 x 2.6 cm). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Knife
Description: Hafted agave knife with an agave stalk handle. The stone knife blade was flaked along the edges and then pushed through the agave stalk while the stalk was still green (there are stretch cracks around the pointed end of the stone). This tool was well-used and exhibits extreme use-polish on the stone knife. Dimensions: Stalk-40.2 cm long, 4.5 cm diameter; Blade-14 x 9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Stalks
Description: Two agave stalks connected by a yucca cord. Dimensions: Each stalk is about 18 cm long. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Stalk
Description: A section of agave stalk into the end of which a stick was inserted and attached to a piece of cordage. Dimensions: Approximately 15 cm long (stalk). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Twigs Bound with Yucca Cordage
Description: Six twigs bound together with yucca cordage. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Cordage
Description: Cordage consisting of two yucca strands wrapped with sinew. Dimensions: 28.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yucca Rope
Description: Rope made from three yucca cord strands (z-spun and s-twist). There is a slip knot in the other end of the rope. Dimensions: L 91.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Reeds
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Gourd Rind
Description: Unworked gourd rind (Lagenaria sp. or Cucubita sp.). Dimensions: L 14.7 cm Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Charred Beans
Description: Charred beans. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).