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    • Close coiled basketry tray (95.62.10)

    • Close coiled basketry tray (95.62.10)

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    • Akimel O'odham

    • Medium sized, tightly woven close coiled basket, in tray form, flat base has a slight central dimple. Charring near rim on exterior and interior surfaces. Asymmetrical design on walls and base executed in Martynia sp. Small solid circle on the...
    • Plummet

    • Plummet

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small plummet, manufactured from vesicular basalt. A groove has been carved around the wider end. Field notes indicate that this plummet was among the numerous artifacts recovered from a pit that had burned bighorn sheep horns, located in a...
    • Point

    • Point

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small stemmed projectile point manufactured from a white chalcedony. Serrations reduced towards the tip. This point was recovered from a compound room located in a habitation area of the Pueblo Grande site. Stone may have been heat-treated prior...
    • Mortar

    • Mortar

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    • Hohokam

    • Small mortar, with red pigment on surface. Made from a well consolidated gray sandstone. Grinding surface is shallow and circular. Burned on the upper surface, the pigment is most evident within the grinding area. This mortar was recovered from a...
    • Gila Red bowl

    • Gila Red bowl

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Reconstructed smudged Gila Redware bowl. Red slipped exterior surface has patterned polishing striations, fire clouds, marked by abrasions, with spalling below one portion of rim. Interior surface is smudged black and exhibits patterned polishing...
    • Groundstone ring

    • Groundstone ring

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small, pulley shaped groundstone ring manufactured from vesicular basalt. Cross section is asymmetrical. Wide shallow groove around the circumference varies in depth. This torus was recovered from a Civano phase compound room located in a...
    • Groundstone ring

    • Groundstone ring

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Large groundstone ring manufactured from a dense vesicular basalt. Torus was recovered from a habitation area at the Pueblo Grande site; this area contained both pithouses and a well preserved compound with at least 17 rooms. It is not known...
    • Salt Red jar

    • Salt Red jar

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Nearly complete, medium to large sized Salt Red jar, from the eastern edge of the platform mound at Pueblo Grande. This type of pottery generally dates to the Classic Period. Note the large spalled area on the shoulderand just below it. This...
    • Awl

    • Awl

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Complete awl, manufactured from a bone from the front leg of a deer. The tip shows polish from use. Awls such as this one may have been used to punch holes in organic raw materials during manufacture of various objects, such as baskets or...
    • Polishing stone

    • Polishing stone

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small polishing stone, of an extremely fine grained sedimentary rock. Surface is very glossy, covered with fine, regular scratches. The reddish orange areas on the surface and in fine cracks appear to be pigment stains. Polishing stones such as...
    • B-029

    • B-029

    • Unknown

    • Piipaash

    • Maricopa Black-on-red duck effigy vessel with a flat base, boot shaped body, a tab protrusion representing the tail, short neck, and rounded head with a small beak and an opening along the crown. Exterior surface covered with a red slip, polished,...
    • B-123

    • B-123

    • Unknown

    • Piipaash

    • Small Maricopa Black-on-cream shoe shaped vessel. Hollow, generally ovoid, with a horse-shoe shaped coil added to the bottom of the shoe to form the heel. Exterior is light brown to buff colored; geometric decorations, executed in dark brown...
    • B-200

    • B-200

    • Unknown

    • Piipaash

    • Round Maricopa Polychrome head with appliquéd features: arched eyebrows, oval eyes, tiny ears, and a large, prominent aquiline nose with well-formed nostrils. Piece is hollow with a small opening at the bottom of the head's narrow neck, and a...
    • American Flag Post Office Centennial cachet and cover

    • American Flag Post Office Centennial cachet and cover

    • Unknown

    • Postmarks—Arizona

    • Commemorative cover for the centennial of the American Flag Post Office. The post office was established on December 28, 1880. The cover has an American Flag Station cancellation dated December 28, 1980. A cachet is a decoration on an envelope,...
    • 1939, Oracle cover

    • 1939, Oracle cover

    • Unknown

    • Postmarks—Arizona

    • Cover addressed to Tucson, Arizona, with Oracle cancellation of May 15, 1939. The return address is the Oracle Inn.
    • Basteen recommendation

    • Basteen recommendation

    • United States Senate

    • Post Office Archives

    • On May 9, 1949, this letter was sent from Ernest W. McFarland of the United State Senate (Arizona) to Lloyd K. Basteen approving Basteen's nomination as Postmaster of Oracle.
    • Nogales, Santa Cruz County

    • Nogales, Santa Cruz County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery; Arizona -- History -- Pictorial works

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Nogales, Ariz., January 20, 1905. The name Nogales is an old one, found on maps from 1859 to the present. Jacob Isaacson, an itinerant peddler who had been in Arizona since 1875 built a small store straddling the...
    • Sacaton, Pinal County

    • Sacaton, Pinal County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery; Post office buildings -- Arizona

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Sacaton, Ariz., Pinal Co. November 8, 1883. The post office was established in January 1871. The origin of the name "Sacaton" is in doubt. The Pima Indian village may have been named for the meeting of the new...
    • Shultz, Pima County

    • Shultz, Pima County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Shultz, Ariz., March 28, 1898. The small mining camp on the hill above the San Pedro River was developed by Frank Shultz around the end of 1872. He built a small grocery store and opened the post office to...

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