Kumeyaay

Tools The Kumeyaay made arrow heads and scraping tools from obsidian and other hard rock.

Tools These people used the natural resources of plant, wood, rock, shell and bone to provide tools for cooking, to hunt, and provide safety for their families.

Tools Rabbit sticks (throwing stick like a boomerang) were used for killing small animals. Long digging sticks were used as carved utensils for various purposes.

Tools They also made bow and arrows for hunting and protection.

Tools The metate, ground mortar and pestle were used to grind the seeds and acorns to provide the flour for acorn mush (she'wii ) and breads.

Tools Shells provided trade items, jewelry, bowls and fish hooks.

Tools Nets were woven from jucca, agave and milkweed to catch small animals and birds. Nets and woven sacks were also made for storage or to carry belongings.

Art Art, like sand painting was used during religious ceremonies. The Kumeyaay used different colors of sand to explain their world.

Art Prehistory rock art, petroglyphs and pictographs have been found throughout the Kumeyaay area.

Art The Kumeyaay, like all California Indians, made the finest coiled baskets in the world. The baskets held water and were made in a variety of shapes and sizes for many purposes.

Art Pottery was also an important product of the Kumeyaay people. They used it to store food and to cook in. The pots called ollas had wide mouths for water storage. The Kumeyaay produced mostly undecorated pottery.

Art If any decoration was used on the pottery it was painted on. The designs were geometric, dots, lines and on occasion stars. Once the pot was finished it was dried for three days. The women believed that the pot would crack if anyone saw them make it, so pottery making was a lonely job.

Music The musical instrument used to provide the rhythm was usually the rattle. Some were made from gourds with wooden handles and small rocks inside to produce the sound.

Music The Kumeyaay's deer toe rattles were used during mourning ceremonies. Bull-roarers, flat, long carved sticks tied to a cord and swung over the head, were used for noise not rhythm. They were used to announce ceremonies and warn people away. It made a loud whirring sound.

STOP! This is the end of this assignment. Fill out the Kumeyaay Art and Tools paper. When you finish it get the materials to make your olla.