Detail View: Native Americans on the Central Coast: Juan Estevan Pico (1841-1901) with the tools of his profession, carpentry ; Pico took an interest in preserving a record of his native Ventureño Chumash language and developed his own linguistically accurate orthography that surpassed that used by contemporary scholars.

Title: 
Juan Estevan Pico (1841-1901) with the tools of his profession, carpentry ; Pico took an interest in preserving a record of his native Ventureño Chumash language and developed his own linguistically accurate orthography that surpassed that used by contemporary scholars.
Creator: 
Unknown
Date: 
1870s-1880s
Description: 
Portrait of Juan Estevan Pico who holds carpentry tools behind balustrade railing and pedestal. "Pico took an interest in preserving a record of his native Ventureno Chumash language and developed his own linguistically accurate orthography that surpassed that used by contemporary scholars."
Type: 
image
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Pico, Juan Estevan
Subject: 
Ventura County (Calif.)
Subject: 
Chumash Indians -- California -- Ventura County
Subject: 
Carpenters -- California -- Ventura County
Language: 
eng
Copyright Statement: 
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
ark:/13030/c8mc8xtv
Filename: 
CVTB_160.jpg
BG Identifier: 
NA007