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Colorado

There are 84 objects listed as from Colorado at Michigan State University. None are noted as from funerary contexts. Object types include: arrows and arrow shafts, awls (stone and bone), axes, basket fragments, beads, boards, corn cobs, husks and fibers, celts, clay effigies, a copper snake effigy, cordage, cradle boards, notched stones, eagle claws, effigies, figurines, handles, harpoon points, implements, knives, ladder rungs, mano, mat & matting, mortar, needles, net spacers, pendant, pod, sandals, scoop, shaft straightener, spear point, squash, stone figures, twine, pottery vessel, weaving spindle, and wooden implements. 

Many of these objects were collected from Mesa Verde, Montezuma County at an unknown date (though at least one object lists an 1887 collection date). Other specific locations mentioned include Hovenweep Canyon, Mancos Canyon, and McElmo Canyon. There are also objects from Delta, Logan, Mesa, and Weld Counties. 

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