Description: Spindle whorl found with a mass of unspun cotton. Whorls allowed weavers to twist and wind yarn to prepare it for weaving.

Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 54).

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

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