Description: Stone palette on which pigment was prepared. Flakes of hematite (iron ore) were ground into a powder on the sandstone palette.

Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 x 10.75 cm.

Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 111).

Author

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

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