Replicas of Native California
Material Cultures

 

Acorn processing tools Stone mortar and pestle with soaproot brush

Close-up of a tule mat

Looped stirring stick for lifting hot cooking stones from the basket.

Will Burden Basket

Coiled basket The weavers are split sedge rhizomes and redbud. The foundation materials are willow stems.

Deer bone tools Scapular bone saw, antler tine awl, ulna bone awl, metatarsal bone awl.

Women's clothing Bark skirt (front) and brain tanned deer skin skirt (back). When it got cold, the rabbit skin blanket was draped over the shoulders.

Shells and seeds for necklaces. Grey pine nuts, abalone, Washington clam, mussel, limpet and olivella.

Obsidian and chert points

Willow fish trap

Willow woodpecker trap

 

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