Mortar and pestle
date: label: Date created
content: 1750-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Niantic
label: Possible owner
content: George Wawkeet, Niantic
label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Seller
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
notes: label: Collection History
content: Possibly owned by George Wawkeet (Niantic) and later owned by a farmer near Niantic, Connecticut; acquired by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) from an unknown source at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1930.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Connecticut; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Niantic
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/6229
label: Barcode
content: 176229.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mortar and pestle
label: Media/Materials
content: Gum wood/Pepperidge wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved