- Grant Negative 33
Subject: Squash remains, cotton, and artifacts, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Prehistoric Corn, Beans, and Squash
Description: 800-year-old agricultural foods from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Gourd Rattle
Cultural Period: Puebloan Description: Gourd rattle with a carved wooden handle; painted in blue, red, black, and yellow. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Squash-shell Scoop
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Scoop made from the hard shell of a cucurbit (squash). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Squash-shell Scoop, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Scoop made from the hard shell of a cucurbit (squash). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Squash Stem Strung on Yucca Cord
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Vegetal material believed to be a squash stem, strung on yucca cord. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 541). - Dried Bottle Gourds (Lagenaria siceraria)
Common name: Calabash; Bottle Gourd; Long Melon; Opo Squash Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria Description: Bottle gourds grow in a variety of shapes and sizes. The leaves are large and broad, flowers are white to yellow, and the mature gourds are typically shades of green. Uses: Often carved into bowls/cups,dippers,spoons, or masks - by Acoma, Apache, Cochiti, Havasupai, Hopi, Keres, Mohave, Navajo, Papago, Pima, and Yuma). Predominantly used as a container or utensil, however, also used for ceremonial/ritual purposes (as a trumpet and/or rattle). - 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). - Gourd Container
Description: A small gourd "paint pot" with a yucca fiber stopper, found with yellow-brown paint powder inside. Dimensions: Approximately 13 cm long; body of gourd 6.5 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 149). - 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). - Pumpkin Rind
Description: Pumpkin rind. Dimensions: Approximately 7.2 cm long x 5.1 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Squash Stem
Description: Squash stem. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Gourd or Squash Container
Description: Gourd or squash container with the top cut, a hole in one side of the neck, and a 2-ply cotton(?) cord. Dimensions: L 8.0, Diam 3.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 14, under N Wall. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2527). - Gourd or Squash Container, Alternate View
Description: Gourd or squash container with the top cut, a hole in one side of the neck, and a 2-ply cotton(?) cord. Dimensions: L 8.0, Diam 3.5 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 14, under N Wall. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2527). - Squash Stems and Rind
Description: Four squash stems and one rind; worked. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 7105).