Miwok Material Culture: Indian Life of the Yosemite Region (1933) by S. A. Barrett and E. W. Gifford

MIWOK MATERIAL CULTURE

Page
Introduction	127
Environment	128
Foods and Medicines	136
Cooking	138
Storage of Foods	139
The Use of Plants	140
Oaks and Acorns	142
The Buckeye	148
Conifers	149
Seeds	151
Bulbs and Corms	155
Greens	158
Manzanita	161
Berries and Fruits	162
Nectar	163
Fungi	163
Medicines	165
Plants Not Used	176
Taking of Mammals	178
Taking of Birds	183
Taking of Fishes	187
Insect Foods and Medicines	190
Mollusks	192
Salt	192
Tobacco and Pipes	193
Various Activities	195
Fire	195
Carrying	196
Climbing	196
Digging	197
Shelter	198
Dwellings	198
Earth Lodge	200
Sweat-house	205
Brush Assembly House	206
Grinding House	207
Acorn Granary	207
Arts and Industries	208
Mortars and Pestles	208
Metates	209
Hammers, Anvils and Cooking Stones	210
Wooden Bowls and Pottery	210
Steatite	211
Chipped Stone Implements	211
Arrow Straighteners and Smoothers	213
Problematical Stone Objects	213
Bone and Antler Implements	214
Soaproot Brush	214
Weapons	215
The Bow	215
Arrows	217
Quivers	219
Looped Stirrers and Paddles	220
Clothing	220
The Hair	222
Tattooing	223
Pigments	224
Ear and Nose Piercing	225
Head Deformation	226
Mourning Necklace	226
Dance Ornaments	226
Basketry	229
Twined Basketry	230
Cradles	234
Coiled Baskets	236
Techniques	239
Designs	242
Mats	244
Cordage	246
Nets	246
Carrying Straps and Slings	247
Skin Dressing	248
Boats	248
Music	249
Adhesives	251
Beads	251
Olive Shells	252
Olive Shell Disks	252
Clam Shell Beads	253
Shell Nose-skewers	254
Abalone Pectorals	254
Measures	254
Currency	255
Trade	255
Trails	256
Games	257
Children’s Games	264
Sitting Games	265
Toys	269
Cat’s Cradle	270
Love Charms	270
Dogs	270
The Cultural Position of the Sierra Miwok	271
Bibliography	275

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