Murphy's Agave (Agave murpheyi) | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

Common name: Agave, Hohokam Agave

Scientific name; Agave murpheyi

Descriptive: Murphy's Agave is a relatively small agave variety. The leaves are fleshy, light blue-green to yellow-green, spined along the edges and at the leaf tip, and grow in a rosette from the heart of the plant.

Uses: Extensively cultivated for food and fiber by the prehistoric Hohokam of southern Arizona.

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Human Head Figurine

Human Head Figurine

Human Figurine with Headband

Plain-Weave Cotton Cloth

Open-Weave Cotton Cloth

Hohokam-style Frog Carved in Shell

Tump Line in a Tapestry Weave

Grant Negative 25

Grant Negative 26

Grant Negative 27

Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff Miniature Jar

Sacaton or Gila Butte Red-on-buff Sherds

Burned Shell Pendant

Carved Shell Frog

Shell Bird Pendant

Round Shell Bird Pendant

Carved Shell Pendant

The "Pottery Room" in 1957

Murphy's Agave (Agave murpheyi)

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Author: Kimberley A. Ryan, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories

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