Into this small space I've squeezed three tables, including my drawing board, several sewing machines, my laptop, a couple of dress forms, a chest of drawers just for sewing threads, boxes of
beads, embroidery silks, buttons, fibres,
tools, yarns and enough fabric to
make a circus tent out of, plus all my reference books.
Many of these islanders mined extensive chert deposits for
making tools and produced «shell -
bead money,» used as a major trade item by tribes throughout California.