Speaker's Staff Item Number: A3655 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Talking stick, or speaker's staff, with upper lacquered section decorated with totemic figures, and the lower tapering cylindrical portion painted dark green. There is a brass sheath on the tip with a rounded brass point emerging from the centre bottom of the staff.
History Of Use
Chief's talking stick.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Collected in Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Bond Sound before December 1951
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Bond Sound (Seller) during December 1951
What
- Name
- Speaker's Staff
- Identification Number
- A3655
- Type of Item
- staff
- Material
- wood, brass metal and lacquer
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, shellacked and painted
- Overall
- height 145.0 cm, diameter 3.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Bond Sound
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Bond Sound (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before December 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during December 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1945/0001