- Yucca Fiber
Description: Bundle of untwisted yucca fibers. Dimensions: 30 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 47). - 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). - Yucca Knife
Description: Yucca knife, with red residue, made from slate. Artifacts such as these are also called mescal knives and may have been hafted. Dimensions: 4.5 in x 3.75 in (11.43 x 9.525 cm). Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 279). - Yucca Matting
Description: Yucca matting with twilled weave (over three, under three fine weave). Dimensions: 11.5 x 7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yucca Needle
Description: Yucca needle. Dimensions: Approximately 3.75 cm (needle), 5 cm (string); total length approximately 8.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 52?). - Yucca Quid
Description: Yucca quid (chewed fibers/leaves). Dimensions: (left) 2.06 cm, (center)1.37 cm, (right) 2.86 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yucca Rope
Description: Rope made from braided strands of yucca. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 36). - 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). - Yucca Sandal
Description: Yucca sandal. Dimensions: Approximately 13 cm long. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yucca Sandal
Description: Sandal with twilled yucca cord and the remains of cord ties. Dimensions: 22.9 x 5.1 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yucca Sandals
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Turkey House, constructed A.D. 980, and Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Woven yucca sandals. The sandal on the left is from Turkey House in Tsegi Canyon, Navajo National Monument, and the one on the right is from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left, 17.0 (L) x 8.5 (W) cm; Right, 23.0 (L) x 11.0 (W) cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Zoomorphic Mortar and Matching Pestle
Description: Pumice paint mortar, shaped to resemble a frog or turtle, and matching oval pestle. Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm (mortar) and 3.8 x 3.2 cm (pestle). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - mortar, catalog card - pestle).