Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage
Image
Title
Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage
Identifier
39348
Source
2010
Description
Bertha Tumamait Blanco (left) seated and instructing Courtney Marie Wallace on yucca cordage. Taken in the Museum of Ventura County courtyard during the Chumash Youth Program.
Note: Museum records indicate that Bertha Tumamait Blanco was born 20 August 1909 and died 18 January 1999 at the age of 89. She was a Chumash elder and member of Barbareño /Ventureño Band of Mission Indians. She served as a consultant and docent at the Museum of Ventura County, where she represented her Chumash heritage and taught at the Chumash Youth Program.
Note: Museum records indicate that Bertha Tumamait Blanco was born 20 August 1909 and died 18 January 1999 at the age of 89. She was a Chumash elder and member of Barbareño /Ventureño Band of Mission Indians. She served as a consultant and docent at the Museum of Ventura County, where she represented her Chumash heritage and taught at the Chumash Youth Program.
Creator
Museum of Ventura County
Date
No date
Format
Black and white photograph
9 x 12.1 cm
Subject
Blanco, Bertha Tumamait
Chumash Indians--Material culture
Museums--Activity programs
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Museum of Ventura County, “Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage ,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed December 22, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7322.