This basket by Juana Basilia Sitmelelene (Chumash), created 1815–1822 at Mission San Buenaventura, incorporates Spanish coin designs with traditional Chumash basketry. When viewing this basket, educator Nicolasa I. Sandoval (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians) said, “I can only imagine the circumstances Sitmelelene lived and worked in….Sitmelelene sings to me a song of resilience through her basket. She lives.”
