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).

Author

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

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