Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Southwest Hopi Kachina Dolls

Navajo Blanket

Ancient Anasazi hide scraper

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Ancient Anasazi hide scraper. The scraper has a curvature shape design on the bottom scraping side for the hide which was placed on a out cropping rock. With the hides under side up, the hide locked firmly on to the rock so it wouldn't slide. Pressure from this tool with a side scraping motion prepared the hide for tanning by removing the membrane tissue.

Ancient Anasazi grinding pestle

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An ancient grinding pestle. A much earlier tool than that of the Mano and Metate, used by the women of the Anasazi to grind corn and herbs for cooking and pulverizing plant material for color pigments used in paints for ceremonial events and religious applications.

Anasazi Meditation Prayer stone

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Ancient Anasazi meditation prayer stone made of mudstone. The Meditation prayer stone is of a tear drop shape; smoothed to fit comfortably and held in hand. Designed to rub the thumb back and forth to create a soothing relaxed concentation state while meditating. The Anasazi used this tool as an aid to help in meditation while in prayer to reach a higher conscious level of spiritual awareness.

Ancient Anasazi Fire starter

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The size of this fire starter was made for the ease of placing this tool into a pouch along with a fire pump drill that was disassembled to take along on trade routes which these ancient traders would walk for many miles and would be away from their homes for months at a time. The use of a fire drill stick end point was set in the hole, burnable grass was placed around in the bowl. A rapid turning motion was achieved from the fire drill stick end which created friction heat that would start to smoke and smolder. It was then transfered to another waiting pile to start their fires.