Data Entry: Authority List for OBJECT and MODIFIER
This is a suggested list of object names. Choose the name that best describes the object. Terms may be used singly, or in conjunction with a modifier term. If an appropriate name cannot be found, consult with the Collections Manager before adding new terms or modifying existing ones. The word "fragment" does not appear below, but can be used where appropriate.
| OBJECT Name | MODIFIER |
| Abrader, | shaft |
| Adze, | D-shaped elbow U-shaped |
| Antler, |
beam |
| Amulet | |
| Anchor, | boat loom |
| Anklets, | ritual dance |
| Applicator, | adhesive |
| Apron, | dance domestic commercial |
| Anvil, | blacksmith hammerstone |
| Arrow, | bunting fish hunting shaft weapon |
| Atlatl, | dart (spear) weight |
| Awl, | sewing snowshoe |
| Axe, | grooved stone |
| Backrest | |
| Bag, | beaded cornhusk double saddle medicine net pipe powder quill reed (tule) saddle tobacco |
| Balls, | clay |
| Band, | blanketstrip hat sleeve |
| Bandoleer, | Enemyway War Chief's |
| Basket, | bag beaded berry bowl burden cooking double mouth hat hopper mat miniature mortar mush bowl plaque ritual storage story tray trinket water bottle |
| Basket and lid | see basket |
| Batten | |
| Bark, | knotted bundled modified |
| Bead, | bone cut disk drilled faceted glass hematite incised metal pony seed shell stone tube wood |
| Beater, | bark berry drum pinyon nut seed |
| Bell, | cow kiva mother-in-law sheep |
| Belt, | beaded buckskin concho |
| Blanket, | baby bed fur saddle serape |
| Biface, | base chopper crescent drill eccentric graver knife lanceolate midsection ovoid perforator planer retouched spokeshave square teshoa tip triangular |
| Bit, | bridle drill machinery |
| Boat, | bullboat canoe dugout kayak war canoe |
| Bone, | modified (if unmodified leave blank or give animal/part of animal if known) |
| Bottle, | alcohol base beer beverage body brandy or wine candy champagne chemical chili powder condiment cosmetic finish hair tonic ink liquor medicine milk neck oil pharmacy rim shoe polish soda specialty spice syrup vaccine whiskey wine |
| Box, | feather trinket |
| Box and lid | storage |
| Bow, | end |
| Bow string | |
| Bowl, | base body glass rice rim serving soup |
| Bracelet | |
| Bracket, | chimney |
| Brass ring w/glass lens | |
| Bridle | |
| Bridle and bit | |
| Brush, | hair metate paint |
| Bucket | |
| Buckle, | belt clothing metal |
| Bullroarer | |
| Burin | |
| Button, | 2-hole leather metal shell |
| Bustle, | dance |
| Can, | baking powder beer body double-ended lid milk opium rim sanitary spice tobacco |
| Candle holder | |
| Cane, | modified painted |
| Canteen | |
| Cap, | bottle metal |
| Card, | playing wool |
| Cartridge, | base casing centerfire rimfire |
| Carving, | ornament ritual shaman's Shaman's Soul Catcher |
| Case, | awl gun watch |
| Cast, | biface blade tool bone fragment modified bone w/groove utilized flake |
| Charm | |
| Chopper | |
| Chunk | |
| Ceramic, | porcelain stoneware ironstone bone china |
| Chain, | drag |
| Chisel | |
| Chisel/drill bit | |
| Clasp, | clothing |
| Clay | |
| Clock | |
| Cloth, | bark cotton sagebrush |
| Clothing | see leggings, pants, shirt, dress, etc. |
| Club, | ballheaded fish gunstock head seal |
| Cobble, | anvil battered chopper end battered hammer hammerstone mano miller modified obsidian pestle pounder retouched spall utilized |
| Cobbler's form | |
| Coffee pot | |
| Coffee pot and lid | |
| Coin, | Chinese U.S. dime |
| Comb, | hair weaving |
| Cone, | clay |
| Container, | ceramic paint shaving stick |
| Coprolite | |
| Cordage, | bark fiber grass hide knot knotted sagebrush sinew skin |
| Core, | conical retouched utilized |
| Couch, | miniature (model) |
| Cover, | shield tipi |
| Cradle, | doll hooded |
| Cradleboard | |
| Crock, | base body rim |
| Crockery | |
| Crystal, | quartz |
| Crucible | |
| Cruper | |
| Cuff, | dance beaded |
| Cup | |
| Cylinder, | stove |
| Dart | |
| Damper, | stove |
| Debitage | |
| Dentalium | |
| Die, | gambling gaming silver stamping |
| Dipper, | water |
| Disc | |
| Dish, | base Batea rim serving |
| Discs, | bone shell |
| Drawing, | charcoal ink |
| Doll, | Kachina beaded |
| Door frame, | stove |
| Door hinge | |
| Door knob | |
| Dress, | beaded Manta |
| Drill, | bit bow fire mouthpiece cap pump |
| Drum, | peyote ritual |
| Earring(s), | plug |
| Effigy | |
| Enamel | |
| Fan, | dance peyote ritual |
| Fabric, | cotton |
| Feather | |
| Fetish | |
| Flake, | retouched utilized |
| Fiber, | plant woven |
| Figurine, | animal human porcelain |
| File | |
| Finish, | bottle |
| Fishhook | |
| Fishing line | |
| Flake, | blade chunk decortication denticulate fire modified modified percussion pressure primary retouched scraper secondary shatter tertiary thinning uniface utilized |
| Flask, | liquor whiskey |
| Float, | harpoon net |
| Flute, | ceremonial |
| Fob, | watch |
| Foot gear | see boot, huarache, moccasin, mukluk, sandal |
| Fork, | dinner |
| Frame, | carpet bag hair dressing lantern stove |
| Funnel | |
| Game, | gambling |
| Game piece | |
| Gauge, | net |
| Gauntlet, | beaded |
| Gear, | metal (machinery) watch |
| Glass, | drinking shot tumbler wine |
| Glove | |
| Grass, | bundle |
| Graver, | utilized retouched |
| Griddle, | comal piki stone |
| Grinding stone, | metate mortar slab whetstone |
| Grommet | |
| Hair, | antelope mammal tuft |
| Handle, | pan tool |
| Harmonica | |
| Harpoon, | fish handle head ice pick midsection sea lion shaft toggle and bark whaling |
| Hasp | |
| Hat, | ritual warriors |
| Headdress, | ceremonial dance roach |
| Herbs, | medicinal |
| Hide, | buckskin buffalo tanned |
| Hinge plate | |
| Hopper mortar base | |
| Horn, | bison core sheath |
| Hook, | fish hanging roasting |
| Horseshoe | |
| Inkwell | |
| Insulator | |
| Iron strip | |
| Jar, | base canning condiment cosmetic jelly medicine olla pottery seed |
| Keg lid | |
| Keg spout | |
| Kilt, | men's Snake Dance |
| Knife, | carving crooked draw hafted hunting ritual-fighting ritual-slave-killer snow ulu wool |
| Knife handle | |
| Knob, | door drawer |
| Ladder, | log notched rung |
| Ladle | |
| Lamp, | base oil opium |
| Lamp chimney | |
| Lamp ring, | opium |
| Lampwick holder | |
| Leather | |
| Leggings | |
| Level bag(s) | |
| License plate, | automobile |
| Lid, | baking powder bowl can canning jar cocoa tin insert sugar jar |
| Liner, | canning jar lid cap |
| Loom, | belt upright weaving |
| Mano | |
| Mask, | Clown mortuary Raven Secret Society Shaman's |
| Mat, | grass |
| Maul | |
| Metal | |
| Metal ring | |
| Metal strip | |
| Metate | |
| Mirror | |
| Moccasin, | lined lining |
| Mop fitting | |
| Mortar, | hopper |
| Nail, | horseshoe square wire |
| Needle, | bone metal |
| Net, | beaver fish gill rabbit |
| Netsinker | |
| Netweight | |
| Nodule, | modified retouched obsidian |
| Ochre | |
| Ojo de dios | |
| Opium can, | modified |
| Ornament, | brass |
| Padding, | sagebrush bark |
| Paddle, | canoe dance kayak |
| Painting | |
| Paper, | burnt insulating |
| Parfleche | |
| Pebble | |
| Peg, | promontory |
| Pendant, | bone claw drilled tooth effigy shell stone |
| Perforated iron strip | |
| Perforator | |
| Phallic stone | |
| Pigment, | face paint pottery paint sand painting |
| Pin cushion | |
| Pipe, | bowl calumet clay effigy miniature stem stem and bowl tubular |
| Pipe bowl fitting, | opium |
| Pipe bowl, | opium |
| Pipe mouthpiece, | opium |
| Pipe saddle, | opium |
| Pitcher, | base ceramic |
| Plane | |
| Plant, | grass leaf |
| Plate, | base dinner pie rim |
| Point, | basal-notched base bone concave base corner-notched corner-removed end-notched expanding stem indented base lanceolate leaf-shaped midsection pentagonal retouched shouldered shouldered lanceolate side-notched split-stemmed stemmed tip triangular wood |
| Pole, | carrying mortuary tipi totem |
| Porcelain | |
| Post, | house |
| Pot, | ceramic crock |
| Pottery, | base body rim sherd (undefined) |
| Pottery fragment | |
| Prayer stick, | hoop Paho Talking |
| Pouch, | leather |
| Pressure flaking tool | |
| Punch | |
| Pupal cases | |
| Quartz crystal | |
| Quill, | bird porcupine |
| Quill flattener | |
| Quirt | |
| Razor handle | |
| Rattle, | child's dance Raven ritual Shaman's snake Snake Dance |
| Record, | count stick winter |
| Rifle | |
| Ring, | finger sagebrush stove burner |
| Rivet, | levis |
| Roach, | dance |
| Robe, | buffalo dance rabbit |
| Rock, | fire modified flat modified obsidian polished quartzite tabular utilized |
| Rope, | bark buckskin fiber |
| Rug | |
| Saddle, | pack riding |
| Sagebrush, | bundle tied |
| Sample, | adobe ash ash-mat bark C-14 carbon charcoal clay coprolite flora flotation hair lithic mat material midden ochre organic plant plant parts plant parts and coprolites pottery rock sage screen seed shell silt soil unidentified unknown vegetation wood |
| Sand painting | |
| Sash, | dance wedding |
| Saucer, | base body rim |
| Scale pan | |
| Scraper, | backed elbow end finger pit notched flesher hide pottery side steep end |
| Screw | |
| Seal | |
| Seed | |
| Serving tray | |
| Shaft abrader | |
| Shaft, | wrapped |
| Shank, | tool |
| Shell, | dentalium modified mussel olivella |
| Shield, | medicine society (give name) |
| Shirt, | child's Ghost Dance man's woman's |
| Shoe | |
| Shoe sole | |
| Shuttle, | net weaving |
| Sieve, | meal pinyon nut seed tesguino |
| Sight glass | |
| Scissors | |
| Sinker, | fishing net |
| Skewer | |
| Skin | |
| Sluice box lining | |
| Snare, | gopher rabbit |
| Spall, | cobble |
| Spear, | caribou fish lance leister ritual |
| Spindle bomb, | lava |
| Spindle, | tape |
| Spokeshave, | carpenter's (also used as MODIFIER or ALTNAME for prehistoric tool type) |
| Spoon, | bowl flatware handle serving soup table |
| Spoon bowl, | flatware |
| Spoon handle, | flatware |
| Spout, | pitcher |
| Stamp, | foil tax |
| Strap | |
| Stick, | fire poker coup digging kick gaming walking |
| Stike-a-light | |
| Stirrup | |
| Stopper | bottle cork glass |
| Stove | |
| Stove leg | |
| Stove side | |
| Strap, | hide leather perforater split |
| Straw, | matted metal |
| Tablita | |
| Tobacco | |
| Tack, | metal upholstery |
| Teeth, | (identify animal if possible) |
| Test tube | |
| Thermometer | |
| Thermos | |
| Tin, | medicine tobacco |
| Tool, | worked |
| Tooth, | (identify animal if possible) |
| Tooth and bone | |
| Tongs, | blacksmith's cactus fruit ice |
| Toy, | airplane ball cup horse truck |
| Trap, | dead fall fish |
| Tray | |
| Travois, | dog horse |
| Trigger guard, | gun |
| Trough, | salt watering |
| Tube, | bone drinking puberty-drinking ritual Shaman's shell |
| Tumbler, | base body drinking rim |
| Uniface, | base blade drill midsection other planer point scraper spall spokeshave teshoa tip triangular unknown |
| Vase, | base body rim |
| Wand, | dance Enemyway Mountain Way |
| Washer | |
| Watch, | |
| Wedge | |
| Wick holder, | lamp |
| Whip, | ceremonial dog stock Wire |
| Whistle, | Bitsitsi game call Sun Dance |
| Wood, | burnt charred drift modified |
| Wood and fabric | |
| Wrench, | arrow pipe shaft tool |
| Wristguard | |
| Yarn, | ball(s) decorative weaving |