Chumash IndiansBy Zoe Reisman

Basket Baskets played extraordinarily big roles in all aspects of Chumash life--for gathering ,storing ,preparing and serving food ,keeping/holding water ,keeping money and other valuables ,measuring/egzamenating acorns for trade , carrying babies ,in gambling ,as gifts ,and for ceremonies.Even the Chumash house was much like an upside-down basket.

Twined baskets include leaching basins, seives, fish, traps,cradles, and water bottles. Most baskets were made from whole juncus rush stems or split tule (bulrush). These were woven by twisting weft strands around rigid warps that radiated from a spokes on a wheel.

Today there are probably about 400 Chumash baskets in exsistence held in museums and private collections around the world.

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