Copper
Item number A6113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number A6113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Copper with a bottom section that has a slight point at the centre of the bottom edge and the width tapers slightly towards the bottom. The top section flares outwards, the top edge is curved, and this section is slightly convex. Abstract design overall on face. The copper is composed of two pieces joined to a horizontal piece of copper with metal rivets.
Coppers can be named, displayed, and transferred in accordance with ceremonial privilege and protocol. Historically, within potlatch economies, coppers would rise in value each time they were purchased, ceremonially presented, and strategically re-sold or given away. Among the Kwakwaka’wakw, coppers were sometimes cut or broken during rivalries. Some of these were riveted together and used again, their value then having to be re-established.
Copper was sold 70 years ago at a potlatch at Smiths Inlet for $500.00. The seller was the grandfather of Mrs. G. Williams. As the copper was returned to Mrs. Williams, when the buyer died, it is assumed the full prive was not paid (from notes given by G. Williams, Aug. 6, 1953).
status; wealth; ceremonial; potlatch
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Copper was sold 70 years ago at a potlatch at Smiths Inlet for $500.00. The seller was the grandfather of Mrs. G. Williams. As the copper was returned to Mrs. Williams, when the buyer died, it is assumed the full prive was not paid (from notes given by G. Williams, Aug. 6, 1953).
Copper with a bottom section that has a slight point at the centre of the bottom edge and the width tapers slightly towards the bottom. The top section flares outwards, the top edge is curved, and this section is slightly convex. Abstract design overall on face. The copper is composed of two pieces joined to a horizontal piece of copper with metal rivets.
status; wealth; ceremonial; potlatch
Coppers can be named, displayed, and transferred in accordance with ceremonial privilege and protocol. Historically, within potlatch economies, coppers would rise in value each time they were purchased, ceremonially presented, and strategically re-sold or given away. Among the Kwakwaka’wakw, coppers were sometimes cut or broken during rivalries. Some of these were riveted together and used again, their value then having to be re-established.
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