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Turkey Feather and Rabbit Fur Cordage

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Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Turkey House, constructed approx. A.D. 980)

Description: Yucca cordage twined with turkey feathers and/or rabbit fur and knotted in two places.

Dimensions: 51 centimeters long (20.0 inches).

Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona.

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Dan Boone/Ryan Belnap, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University
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