Chumash Exhibit January 9, 2010

This 'living' exhibit proudly displays a 23-foot hand-made wooden tomol, the canoes built to cross the Santa Barbara Channel to the Channel Islands -- and still used today. Ancient and modern tomol building techniques and materials are compared. Celebrate the cultural heritage of the original seafarers of the area -- the Santa Barbara County Coastal Chumash, whose presence may date back over 10,000 years.