Speaker's Staff
Item number A6029 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number A6029 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Speaker's staff consisting of a cylindrical wooden staff with a tapering, cylindrical shaped piece of metal protruding from the bottom. Along the staff are seven copper-shaped pieces of wood nailed to surface, painted in brown, red and white with lines and dots. All of the images are the same. Two of the coppers have been purposely split on the top while one is complete broken in two.
Used in copper ceremony. Is usually called a speaker's staff or talking stick - used by chief or his speaker while making a formal speech.
Upside-down coppers show how many successful potlatches the owner has held.
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Used in copper ceremony. Is usually called a speaker's staff or talking stick - used by chief or his speaker while making a formal speech.
Upside-down coppers show how many successful potlatches the owner has held.
Speaker's staff consisting of a cylindrical wooden staff with a tapering, cylindrical shaped piece of metal protruding from the bottom. Along the staff are seven copper-shaped pieces of wood nailed to surface, painted in brown, red and white with lines and dots. All of the images are the same. Two of the coppers have been purposely split on the top while one is complete broken in two.
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