Fragment: Copper Item Number: A2184 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular piece broken off from a larger copper; jagged edges.
History Of Use
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.
Cultural Context
status; wealth; ceremonial; potlatch
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Fragment: Copper
- Identification Number
- A2184
- Type of Item
- copper
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered
- Overall
- height 18.5 cm, width 13.3 cm, depth 1.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 31