Copper Item Number: 25.0/302 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Coppers vary widely in size, but this one seems too small for actual use as a copper. It may have been made for some decorative use. The fact that this copper is made of brass weighs against its use as a real copper. A face is painted on the upper, flaring section, and there are stripes and stars on the two sides of the lower part. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Copper
- Identification Number
- 25.0/302
- Type of Item
- copper
- Material
- metal and copper ore metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- pounded and cut
- Overall
- height 9.5 in, width 5.3 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Formline Design
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection