Karankawa

Acquisition of Food (Karankawa)

• After killing a warrior in battle they would practice cannibalism to capture the power within the warrior.
• They also ate berries, herbs and animals such as bison and deer.
• The karankawa tribe did not farm like most other tribes

Art

• They engraved on hides, shells and their own skin.
• They also engraved clay pots to know who it belonged to.
• Lots of tribal paintings.

Clothing

• Both genders reaviled the top half of their body.
• They covered all of there tattoos.
• Men also wore deer skin around their waist.
• Women wore long grass skirts around their waist

Housing

• they were constructed by willow frames
• they lived in tepees.

Communication

• considered language solute.
• Karankawa language was not spoken since 1850.
• Some linked to Carib and Coahuilterm