Clothing and Jewelry
Most of the year the Wappos
did not wear clothing! When they did wear clothing, the women wore
double aprons made from grasses. Men tied their long hair
back.
During the winter they wore capes made from animal hides.
The Wappos did wear jewelry made from bones.
They made beads from shells they found on their journeys to the ocean,
or traded with other nearby Indian tribes.
They made necklaces from the beads strung on strings made from plant fibers.
What
path did the Wappos take to get to the coast as they looked for
shells? Look on the Map
Page and trace the shortest
route.
Try
this: How easy is it to make a
necklace? Find some long pieces of grass and twist the fibers until
it looks like a string.
Internet
connection:
Research maps of the areas
surrounding Napa Valley to see how hard their journey to the coast
would have been.
Visit:
The
Napa Valley Museum in Yountville
or Sharpsteen
Museum in Calistoga,
or the Historical Society
in Napa to see more
jewelry.