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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).

Fire Stick Fragment and Hearth Board

Weaving Shed Rod

Wooden Figurine

Fire Stick Fragment

Wooden Spindle Whorl

Wooden Weaving Comb

Wood and Bone Awls or Hairpins

Carved Cottonwood Root

Possible Arrow Shaft

Wooden Loom Roller

Fighting Stick?

Reed Cigarettes

Portion of a Cane Arrow

Split Twig "Fetish"

Bundled Twigs or Grass

Corn Stalk and Sticks

Corn Cob on a Stick

Arrow Foreshaft

Split Feather Detail

Arrow Mainshaft

Flageolet (Flute)

Matting Fragment

Matting and Basket Fragments

Coiled Basket Fragments

Possible Cradle Board Fragment

Possible Cradle Board Fragment, Alternate View

Digging Stick Replica

Twigs Bound with Yucca Cordage

Oak Planting Stick

Walnut or Oak Digging Stick

Oak or Walnut Planting Stick

Reeds, Alternate View

Arrow Mainshaft

Arrow Mainshaft, Nock Detail

Drill Bound with Yucca

Drill Bound with Yucca, Detail

Barbed Shaft, Detail

Barbed Shaft, Detail 2

Digging Stick, Alternate View

Cactus Fruit Picker(?)

Cactus Fruit Picker(?), Alternate View

Spindle, Detail

Split Wood Bound with String

Split Wood Bound with String, Detail

Wooden Spindle Whorl

Wooden Spindle Whorl, Alternate View

Fire Drill, Alternate View

Pitch on a Stick

Fire Drill Hearth

Fire Drill Hearth

Wooden Spindle Whorl

Wooden Awl, Alternate View

Wooden Awl, Detail

Wooden Awl, Alternate View 2

Wooden Pendant(?)

Wooden Pendant(?), Alternate View

Fire Drill Shaft

Fire Drill Hearth

Information

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

File: MOCA_070813_260.jpg

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Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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