Museum signage: These axes with spiral grooves for attaching a handle came from the Upper Rio Grande near the Santa Cruz River. Tewa Indians made them from fibrolite and traded them widely as completed tools. They were treasured, re-sharpened again and again, and finally reused as hammers.Galleries:Ceramic Arts, Salinas Pottery and Other Artifacts, ToolsKeywords:Gran Quivira, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, axe,Photo Location: Gran Quivira Contact Station Exhibit, Pueblo Missions National Monument, New MexicoPhotographer: Dr. Roy WinkelmanDate of Photo: 02/19/2014Device Make: CanonDevice Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark IIExposure Time: 0.125F Number: 22Original Dimensions: 5002×3107Picture Orientation: LandscapeGPS Coordinates: 34°35'45.05"N 106°17'45.88"WPicture Number: 26185
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