Chumash, California
1912
Glass slide
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Private collection, Upstate New York
This 1912 glass slide identifies Candelaria Valenzuela, a named Chumash basket maker from California, shown seated indoors holding a basketry tray with another basket visible on the table beside her. As a named image of a Native California maker, the slide has documentary value beyond a general portrait, connecting an individual directly to Chumash basketry, a major artistic and cultural tradition of coastal and southern California Native communities. Glass slides of this kind were used for projection, teaching, and archival documentation, giving this object a different function and context from a standard photographic print.
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Chumash, California
1912
Glass slide
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Private collection, Upstate New York
This 1912 glass slide identifies Candelaria Valenzuela, a named Chumash basket maker from California, shown seated indoors holding a basketry tray with another basket visible on the table beside her. As a named image of a Native California maker, the slide has documentary value beyond a general portrait, connecting an individual directly to Chumash basketry, a major artistic and cultural tradition of coastal and southern California Native communities. Glass slides of this kind were used for projection, teaching, and archival documentation, giving this object a different function and context from a standard photographic print.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
