Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1921 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Patawomeck (Potomac)
- Artist/Maker
- Luther Newton (Luther James Newton), Patawomeck (Potomac), 1859-1926
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Date created
- 1900-1920
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- White oak splint/splints
- Techniques
- Plaited, wicker-plaited
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
