Copper Object made by Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian Artists
- Title
- Copper Object made by Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian Artists
- Description
- This object was created using a blackened surface with a fine point tool, and indigenous groups in the Northwest Coast made copper for display. These objects circulated between rival and allied indigenous groups and the value of these copper objects increased as they changed hands. This object's accumulation of imagery most likely relates to a long history of exchange between different Indigenous groups.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Indigenous Art
- Tlingit, Haida, or Tsimshian
- Morton D. May
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Copper Art
- Temporal Coverage
- 1870 – 1870
- Spatial Coverage
- British Columbia Province, Canada
- Language
- The object's description is in English
- Medium
- The object is made out of copper and has pigment
- Is Part Of
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Morton D. May
- Identifier
- 268:1982
- Provenance
-
1967
Lucy Brown, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada -
1967 - 1982
Morton D. May, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Lucy Brown, through agent James Economos -
1982
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May - Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The object originated in British Columbia Province in Canada
- Media
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Copper Figure.jpg