Basket

Date created
1839
Culture/People
Niantic
Artist/Maker
Mercy Ann Nonesuch Mathews (Mercy Ann Nonsuch Matthews/Mercy Nunsuch/Mercy Nonesuch), Niantic, 1822-1914
Collector
Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
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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Place
Near Lyme; Black Point; Lyme; New London County; Connecticut; USA
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Niantic
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
3/5668
Barcode
035668.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Woodsplints, wood
Techniques
Plaited, wicker-plaited, painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c512ef8e-8503-4ebe-b59b-710b164cfc11
Record ID
NMAI_37838