Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. M. Clay; purchased from her by Wilhelm Helmer in the mid 1960s; purchased by purchased by MAI from Wilhelm Helmer in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Quatsino Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous owner
- Mrs. M. Clay, Non-Indian
- Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Copper part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
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