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Clay balls for killing moorhens
Penn Graves Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, Lake County, California
Not on view
The shores of Clear Lake are lined with tall tule plants, which were (and still are) used extensively by Pomo peoples. They constructed boats and thatched houses with tule bundles; ate from tule mats; wore tule clothing; diapered babies with shredded tule; and fashioned tule toys for children. Containers like this were woven quickly from growing tule to hold a variety of objects, including clay balls that men used with a tule sling to hunt waterfowl.
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