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Lhatsik Houmoulu'l (Cultural Department) Sign & Vocabulary
This sign was created in 2008 by Wiyot tribal members Richie Green, Corinne Alton, Danielle Smalling, Michelle Hernandez, and Elizabeth Hernandez, in collaboration with local artist Lyn Risling. Please see the closeup images below for culturally important Wiyot vocabulary.
Spoken by Della Prince: | duraga'w (woodpecker scalp headdress)Spoken by Della Prince: |
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rruni' boutousouy (dentalium string)rruni' spoken by Della Prince (no audio available for boutousouy = "strung"): | kaghuqawi' (necklace)(no audio available) | |
| houchwachach (small food basket)(no audio available) | houchwach (cooking/food basket)Spoken by Della Prince: halawilulh (acorn soup paddle)(no audio available) |
daquplhayuwilh (decorative conical gathering basket)(no audio available) vout / mout (acorns with shell)Spoken by Della Prince: | bitw (basket mortar)Spoken by Della Prince: vutseshira'wulh (acorn pounding/mortar stone)Spoken by Nettie Rossig & Della Prince: | toul (stone pestle)Spoken by Nettie Rossig: |
hiwa't (abalone)Spoken by Della Prince & Nettie Rossig: | saghawi'lu' (red obsidian)Spoken by Della Prince: | ??? (stone zoomorph)(no Soulatluk word has been found for these artifacts) |
butgi (stone maul)Spoken by Della Prince: | datutgatoul (adze)(no audio available) | valhuk (salmon)Spoken by Weaver Denman, Nettie Rossig, & Della Prince: |
halou'wi' (redwood canoe)(literally, "what comes along") Spoken by Nettie Rossig: | ||
dutwaghulh (harpoon)Spoken by Della Prince: | ||
shagha'duw (gill net)Spoken by Nettie Rossig: vabu'lilh / mabu'lilh (gill net)Spoken by Della Prince: gatbugh / gutvu'l (stone net weights)(no audio available) | ||
gou'daw (Pacific lamprey, aka "eel")yaw (eel basket)dadulh (eelgrass) |