Turkey Feather and Rabbit Fur Cordage | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

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.

Cotton and Yucca Cordage

Cotton and Yucca Cordage, Detail

Blue Cotton Yarn

Blue Cotton Yarn, Detail

Blue Cotton Yarn, Detail 2

Cotton and Yucca Cordage

Cotton and Yucca Cordage, Detail

Cotton Cloth and Cordage

Cotton Cloth and Cordage, Cloth Detail

Red Cotton String

Leather Cord, Detail

Turkey Feather and Rabbit Fur Cordage

Twigs Bound with Yucca Cordage

Prescott Black-on-Gray with Mend Hole and Cotton String

Rabbit Fur and Yucca Cordage

Braided Fiber Cordage

Cordage with Feathers

Squash Stem Strung on Yucca Cord

Corn Husk Ropes

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

File: Wupatki_20091123_466.jpg

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