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Pendant or Awl Sharpener

TONT_926.jpg Shaft StraightenerThumbnailsPendant or Awl Sharpener, Alternate View

Description: Stone pendant with two grooves, striations, and a perforation at one end. Although identified as a pendant, this artifact may also have served as an abrader for sharpening the points of awls.

Dimensions: L 1 1/2, W 3/4, T 3/8 in.

Provenience: Lower Ruin, Room 21, Above Floor.

Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1089).