Basket tray
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1820
name: label: Culture/People
content: Barbareño Chumash (Santa Barbara)
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to Juana Basilia Sitmelelene, Barbareño Chumash (Santa Barbara), 1780-1838
label: Previous owner
content: Catarina Ortega (Maria Catarina Manuela Ortega/Mrs. Jose Gertrudis Carmelo Carrillo y Castro), Non-Indian, 1810-1851
label: Seller
content: Marcella Klein Wason (Marcella K. Wasson/Marcella Klein Wasson/Mrs. John W. Wason), Non-Indian, 1906-1985
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick S. Wallace, Non-Indian, 1889-1973
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made for Catarina Ortega (Maria Catarina Manuela Ortega, 1810-1851, a granddaughter of Captain Jose Francisco Ortega, who was Commandant of several presidios in southern California from 1773 to 1795); formerly in the collection of Frederick S. Wallace (1889-1973, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, collector of baskets and other Indian items); purchased by MAI in 1974 from Marcella Klein Wason (1906-1985, executrix of Frederick Wallace's estate).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Southern California; California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Barbareño Chumash (Santa Barbara)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1
label: Barcode
content: 250001.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket tray
label: Media/Materials
content: Juncus rush, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Coiled
label: Dimensions
content: 57.5 x 46.8 x 7.8 cm