The Wiyot people had a various amount of different forms of industrial art. Beginning with woodworking, they would carve canoes out of the readily available redwood, and create split and dressed planks for their homes. For stoneworking the Wiyot people would create, well-shaped adz handles and bell-shaped mauls. Large ceremonial blades and projectile points were created from obsidian chipping. Bones and shells were carved into fishing and mammal-hunting equipment, ceremonial beads and pendants. Lastly one of the Wiyot peoples most notable pieces of art was their twined baskets.

Well-shaped adz handles

Example of split and dressed planks

This Wiyot woman is basket weaving in the dunes near Eureka in 1900.

The Wiyot people also expressed their art through singing, Ceremonial dancing, and storytelling. Although the Wiyot people did partake in these activities they were not as ornate, or as meaningful compared to their neighbors the Yurok people.

 

 

Sources:

• Elsasser, Albert. “Wiyot.” Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 Apr. 2016<http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
• http://what-when-how.com/native-americans/wiyot-native-americans-of-california/