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Object of the Month: Horno
by Amanda Mather Along with the Pueblo implements for the processing and cooking of corn (manos, metates, comals, etc.) with the Spanish came wheat and thusly bread, and the deep desire for more of it. This included an oven appropriate for the task of baking bread, of...
Object of the Month: Manos y Metates
by Amanda Mather Manos and metates (or, in nerdy archeology speak "groundstone") have been one of the most common food preparation objects in the Southwest for the last 5,500 years. They have existed in New Mexican households from the late Archaic period around 3,500...
Light It Up: Chispa
Maybe one of the most important tools on the New Mexican frontier was the strike-a-light, known as an eslabón (link) in Mexico and chispa (spark) in New Mexico. Dating from the time of the Romans, chispas are a highly effective fire starter when paired with a small...
Object of the Month: Aparejo
The object pictured here is an aparejo. Aparejos are pack pad saddles that go over the backs of donkeys and mules to form the base of the packing system, and protect the animal from injury. This particular aparejo is from the mid to late 1800s; it even still has the...
Object of the Month, “Getting a Real Threshing”
by Daniel Goodman, Director of Education and Collections Every now and then I get a "what is it" question about an object. With everything we have here at the Museum, it is not uncommon to come across something that is a bit of a puzzle. The item in question this...
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