Basket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohegan
label: Artist/Maker
content: (unknown first name) Shantup, Mohegan
label: Previous owner
content: (unknown first name) Shantup, Mohegan
label: Possible owner
content: Martha Shantup Uncas, Mohegan, 1761-1859
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: 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: Made and used by a male member of the Shantup family (Mohegan); inherited by Fidelia Fielding (Fidelia Ann Hoscott Smith Fielding, Mohegan, 1827-1908), possibly through her grandmother, Martha Shantup Uncas (Mohegan, 1761-1859), who was a sister of the artist; collected from Fidelia Fielding by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) between 1902 and 1904; purchased by George Heye from Frank Speck in 1906.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Near Norwich; Norwich; New London County; Connecticut; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohegan
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/1034
label: Barcode
content: 011034.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Woodsplints, wood
label: Techniques
content: Wicker-plaited