Subject: wot chief
Culture: Chumash
Setting: Spanish colonial period, southern California late 18thc
Object: costume
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography > Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian
"Headband (Chumash) This is one of the 'thirty-three headdresses from four to five feet in length' that Stephen Bowers found in a cave in the San Martin Mountains near Los Angeles. It was worn in ceremonies either across the forehead or hanging down the back of the head. The birds most commonly represented in headbands found in this cave include common flicker, bald eagle, common crow, red-tailed hawk, red-winged blackbird, and the California condor."
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography > Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian
"Glass Bead and Shell Necklace (Chumash)
The combination of glass beads and shell disk beads in this Chumash necklace from a village near the Santa Barbara Mission echoes interactions between the Chumash and Spaniards who occupied mission settlements. While both kinds of beads were worn together on one necklace, the beads themselves came from different sources. The Chumash manufactured shell beads from shells found along the coast, while glass beads were manufactured in Europe. Spanish authors describe how they exchanged glass beads for Chumash stone cups, wooden trays, and baskets."
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography > Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian
"Shell Ornaments and Fishhook (Southern California) Shell had a variety of functions among the Indians of southern California. Abalone (Haliotis) was the most common shell used, presumably because of its lustrous surface. Curved abalone shell fishhooks were being made by the Indians of the Santa Barbara region for at least 4,000 years." ...
