Culture/People:

Niantic  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Mercy Ann Nonesuch Mathews (Mercy Ann Nonsuch Matthews/Mercy Nunsuch/Mercy Nonesuch), Niantic, 1822-1914  Search this

Collector:

Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950  Search this

Object Name:

Basket

Media/Materials:

Woodsplints, wood

Techniques:

Plaited, wicker-plaited, painted

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Near Lyme; Black Point; Lyme; New London County; Connecticut; USA

Date created:

1839

Collection History:

Collected by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye from Frank Speck circa 1914.

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Catalog Number:

3/5668

Barcode:

035668.000

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c512ef8e-8503-4ebe-b59b-710b164cfc11

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_37838