Splint gauge
- Date created
- 1800-1895
- Culture/People
- Stockbridge Mahican
- Artist/Maker
- Elisha Konkapot, Stockbridge Mahican, 1793-ca. 1855
- Previous owner
- Clark Cuish, Stockbridge Mahican, 1854-1945
- Collector
- Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Previous owner
- Elisha Konkapot, Stockbridge Mahican, 1793-ca. 1855
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Elisha Konkapot (Stockbridge Mahican, 1793-ca. 1855); acquired by Clark Cuish (Stockbridge Mahican, 1854-1945, who called himself Elisha Konkapot's son-in-law) at an unknown date; collected by Paul J. Warner (1881-1950, an amateur ethnologist employed at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois) from Clark Cuish in 1933; purchased by MAI from Paul Warner in 1934.
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- Place
- Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Stockbridge Mahican
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/5921
- Barcode
- 185921.000
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Object Name
- Splint gauge
- Media/Materials
- Wood, iron
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 29.2 x 6.4 x 27.0 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_198818