Basket with cover
name: label: Culture/People
content: Chumash
label: Previous owner
content: Catarina Ortega (Maria Catarina Manuela Ortega/Mrs. Jose Gertrudis Carmelo Carrillo y Castro), Non-Indian, 1810-1851
label: Previous owner
content: Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
label: Previous owner
content: Mary C. Jones, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972
label: Seller
content: Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been 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); acquired by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer) before 1922; purchased by Mary C. Jones (a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Indian art collector) from Grace Nicholson in 1922; purchased by MAI from Tom Bahti (1926-1972, an Indian art dealer and collector) in 1965.
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: Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez Reservation; Santa Barbara County; California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chumash
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/6215
label: Barcode
content: 236215.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket with cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Juncus rush, sumac, vegetal dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Coiled, dyed