Mortar
- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Previous owner
- Thomas R. Roddy (Tom Roddy/T. R. Roddy/White Buffalo), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
- Seller
- Thomas R. Roddy (Tom Roddy/T. R. Roddy/White Buffalo), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
- Expedition
- John Wanamaker Expedition (1901)
- Expedition sponsor
- John Wanamaker, Non-Indian, 1838-1922
- Expedition leader
- Stewart Culin, Non-Indian, 1858-1929
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Collection History
- Collected by Thomas R. Roddy (1857-1924, an Indian artifact collector and dealer) at an unknown date; purchased by Stewart Culin (1858-1929, then director of the Free Museum of Art and Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from Tom Roddy during the John Wanamaker Expedition (1901) sponsored by John Wanamaker (1838-1922); part of the collection of the Free Museum of Science and Art until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum.
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- Place
- Wisconsin, Nebraska; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/6698
- Barcode
- 016698.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Mortar
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 50 x 20 x 18 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_17415