Explore: Chumash Beadwork

Kiowa/Kiowa Apache beadwork artist (1953–2022) Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Imogene Goodshot Arquero (Oglala Lakota), beadwork artist Martha

organs in mosaic designs, called avittat. Women create elaborate netted beadwork collars. They have strong mask-making tradition and also are known for

deceased, although uncertainty, of its significance to the dead, remains. Beadwork § Native American Shell money "dentalium". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed

of the Indigenous artists of the Americas. Linda Aguilar (born 1946), Chumash basket maker who incorporates non-traditional materials Elsie Allen (22

extending as far back as 7,500 years ago. California Native artists in the Chumash tribes created cave paintings that are located in present-day Santa Barbara

Esselen/Chumash-French poet Nancy Marie Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache), curator, writer and professor Katrina Mitten, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma beadwork artist

Kiowa artist James Auchiah, Kiowa artist Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation beadwork artist Kelly Church, (Pottawatomi/Odawa/Ojibwe) basket maker, painter,

the smallest in the world), a redwood dugout canoe, ceremonial regalia, beadwork, and hunting and fishing tools—some of which are more than twenty-four

Shell beads were used as money among the Chumash, and as a result microblades were a vital part of the Chumash economy. Microlith Microburin Crabtree,

States Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, United States Chumash rock art, California, United States Coso Rock Art District, California