Today, I went to a museum.
The museum was our local California Indian tribe called the Chumash (choo - mash).
First we visited an ap, the Chumash home.
An ap is a Chumash house made out of tule sticks. We also played this hunting game to help us practice catching rabbits. Instead of using the rabbits, we used wooden sticks. Since it was in the wilderness, we saw about 6 or 7 deer.
An ap is a Chumash house made out of tule sticks. We also played this hunting game to help us practice catching rabbits. Instead of using the rabbits, we used wooden sticks. Since it was in the wilderness, we saw about 6 or 7 deer.
Next, we visited the museum. There were sculptures of men, women and an eagle.
Here is a picture of a golden eagle. It was a powerful bird to the Chumash.
Panther, our guide, said that this is how the Chumash dressed for a ceremony. The used red, white, and black paint on their bodies.
In his nose is a really skinny bone.
In his nose is a really skinny bone.
Did you know Native's used to smoke out of a serpentine pipe?
After we saw the aps, we started heading back to the museum area and had lunch. After lunch, we drew on sticks and then after drawing on the sticks, we played a game with them. The game was so awesome. After we played the game, we learned a Chumash song. That was fun, too.
Would you like to go to the Chumash museum?
Also would you like to play all those games, go in the aps and, see all those deer?
