Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Winnie Tempe Francois (Coushatta, ca. 1810-1912) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Previous owner
- Winnie Tempe Francois, Coushatta (Koasati), ca. 1810-1912
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Mortar
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 28 x 28 x 49 cm
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Indigenous Term
- ke'c tco
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