Mortar and pestle
date: label: Date created
content: 1780-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohegan
label: Artist/Maker
content: Benoni "Noni" Occum, Mohegan, 1763-1829
label: Previous owner
content: Benoni "Noni" Occum, Mohegan, 1763-1829
label: Previous owner
content: Dens Occum (Mrs. Benoni Occum), Mohegan
label: Previous owner
content: Fidelia Fielding (Fidelia Ann Hoscott Smith Fielding), Mohegan, 1827-1908
label: Collector
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
label: Previous owner
content: Vassar Brothers Institute
label: Donor
content: Vassar Brothers Institute
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by the artist, Benoni "Noni" Occum (Mohegan, 1763-1829), and his wife Dens Occum (Mohegan); acquired at an unknown date by Fidelia Fielding (Fidelia Ann Hoscott Smith Fielding, Mohegan, 1827-1908); collected from her by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) in 1904; purchased by George Heye from Frank Speck in 1906; removed from the MAI collection and exchanged by MAI to the Vassar Brothers Institute (an educational society in Poughkeepsie, New York) in 1928; returned to MAI as a gift from the Vassar Brothers Institute in 1948.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Near Norwich; Norwich; New London County; Connecticut; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohegan
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: 1/1021
label: Barcode
content: 011021.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mortar and pestle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved