Detail View: Native Americans on the Central Coast: Petra Pico, famous basket maker and a leader of Ventura's Chumash community : circa 1890.

Title: 
Petra Pico, famous basket maker and a leader of Ventura's Chumash community : circa 1890.
Creator: 
Unknown
Date: 
circa 1890
Description: 
Petra Pico, famous basket maker and leader of Ventura's Chumash community, stands near a wall and holds a basket that is being woven. Baskets, along with straight and coiled fiber, are on the floor.
Type: 
image
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Pico, Petra
Subject: 
Ventura County (Calif.)
Subject: 
VentureƱo Chumash Indians -- California -- Ventura County
Subject: 
Chumash Indians -- California -- Ventura County
Subject: 
Artists -- Chumash Indian -- California -- Ventura County
Language: 
eng
Copyright Statement: 
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
ark:/13030/c8r49pjk
Filename: 
CVTB_159.jpg
BG Identifier: 
NA005