Chumash tomol (boat) effigy made from Catalina Island steatite. Found at Burton Mound (old Potter Hotel site) and presented by Vera Dowell to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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Close up photograph of stone boat effigy in profile view. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Burton Mound (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Chumash Indians--California--Santa Barbara County Funeral rites & ceremonies--Chumash Indian--California--Santa Barbara
Source
BG-NA-14-087.jpg Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
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