Speaker's Staff

Item number A3655 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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

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

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

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Previous Owner
Bond Sound
Received from
H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Bond Sound (Seller)

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
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