Needle | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

Description: Needle or slender bone awl, perforated at one end, and made from the leg bone of a rabbit.

Dimensions: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) long.

Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 217).

Worked Deer Bone

Worked Deer Bone, Alternate View

Worked Deer Bone, Alternate View 2

Deer Bone Awl, Alternate View

Red-breasted Merganser Humerus

Tarsometatarsus of an American Coot

Unworked Rabbit Bone

Bone Spindle Whorl

Artiodactyl Bone

Polished Bone Awl

Bone Spindle Whorl, Alternate View

Polished Antler Awl

Tubular Bone Bead/Whistle Fragment

Canine Tooth Pendant

Square Bone Pin Fragment

Circular Bone Pin

Highly Polished Pin

Split Mammal Bone Awl

Bird Bone Awl, Head Intact

Fine Tipped Mammal Bone Awl

Fine Tipped Mammal Bone Awl, Alternate View

Mammal Bone Awl

Well-used Mammal Bone Awl

Bone Whistle Fragment

Bone Whistle Fragment

Long Tipped Bone Awl

Broken Splinter Awl

Mammal Bone Splinter Awl

Rough Splinter Awl

Blunt Tipped Awl

Turtle Shell Rattle Fragments

Curved Splinter Awl

Bird Bone Awl Tip

Large Splinter Awl

Half-split Bone Awl

Bone End Scraper

Antler Tine Tool

Bird Bone Whistle Shaft

Polished Bird Bone Whistle

Bird Bone Whistle Shaft

Variety of Bone Gaming Pieces

Bone Gaming Pieces

Bone Gaming Piece

Bone Gaming Piece/Counter

Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk

Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk, Alternate View

Bone Chisel or Scraper

Cut Long Bone Head, Turkey(?)

Cut Long Bone Head

Rib Bone "Chisels"

Polished Deer Tibia

Polished Deer Metapodial

Beveled Splinter Awl

Two Awls from Room 4

Three Awls from Room 4

Awl and Weaving Tool

Six Awls from Room 7

Awl Made from an Ulna

Four Awls from Room 8

Ulna Awls from Room 8

Splinter Awl from Room 8

Four Awls from Room 10

Five Awls from Room 10

Two Awls from Room 10

Bird Bone Awl from Room 10

Bone Awl from Room 11

Awl from Room 21

Awls from the Refuse Mound

Mammal Bone Awl from the Refuse Mound

Weathered Bone Awl

Antler Punch, Scoring Detail

Antler Punch, Hole Detail

Antler Punch, Tip Detail

Split Long Bone Awl

Mammal Bone from Room 8

Rib Bone Scraper

Bone Awl from Room 17

Bone Awl from Room 20

Bone Awl from Room 20, Alternate View

Bird Bone Awl from Room 20

Bone Finishing Needle

Close View of Bone Sewing Needle

Harold Colton, Wupatki, 1965

Bone Sewing Tools

Bone Gaming Pieces

Bone Needle Threaded with Yucca

Carved Bone Gaming Piece

Bone Awl or Hairpin

Bone Awl or Hairpin

Grant Negative 35

Grant Negative 35a

Knife or Scraper

Turkey Bone Whistle

Incised Bone Tube

Polished Bone Tube

Worked Bone Tool

Wood and Bone Awls or Hairpins

Information

Author: Ryan Belnap/Monica Saaty, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University

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Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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