Wooly Mammoth - Chewelah, Washington
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N 48° 16.667 W 117° 42.928
11U E 446916 N 5347422
This outstanding mural is located on N. Park Street close to Webster.
Waymark Code: WMJKXX
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2013
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This mural is a fine example of the hunting ritual of the first indigenous peoples of the area that were mostly likely the Kalispel.
The Kalispel were well known in this region of the Pend d'Oreilles and were fearless hunters. The wooly mammoth provided food, and their tough hides made excellent shelters and clothing that protected them from the bitter cold. The tusks were also used to make weapons, tools and art.
Wooly Mammoth (mammuthus primigenius) is a well-known mammoth and is considered a cold climate dweller. The wooly mammoth was equipped with a thick layer of fat for insulation, and an exterior of long black or brown hair. It was smaller than most mammoths, and had a hump of fat behind its domed head. It fed on low tundra vegetation in which it scraped away snow and ice from with its ivory tusks. It was during the Late Pleistocene period that the Wooly Mammoth ranged throughout Europe, North American and Asia. The mammuthus primigenius was smaller than most mammoths of its time with a height of approximately nine feet. The wooly mammoth went extinct about 10,000 years ago.
The mural is located on one of the Chewelah Baptist Church buildings, and is facing N. Park Street.
