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Petra Pico, famous basket maker and a leader of Ventura's Chumash community : circa 1890

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Title: Petra Pico, famous basket maker and a leader of Ventura's Chumash community : circa 1890
Creator: Unknown
Contributor: Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1890
Contributing Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Collection: Native Americans on the Central Coast
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
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.
Identifier: http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/detail/blackgold~3~3~220~1404
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Language: English
Subject: Pico, Petra
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventureño Chumash Indians--California--Ventura County
Chumash Indians--California--Ventura County
Artists--Chumash Indian--California--Ventura County
Source: CVTB_159.jpg
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay

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