Speaker's staff. Dyed red cedar wood with pebbles inside, and painted copper

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Object Number 05-7-10/65467

Display Title Speaker's staff. Dyed red cedar wood with pebbles inside, and painted copper

Descriptions

Object Description Speaker's staff. Dyed red cedar wood with pebbles inside, and copper painted wit

Inventory Description Staff

Classification

Art 3-D

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island / Fort Rupert

Materials Red cedar Stone Pigment Copper Cedar bark Paint Cotton

Dimensions Overall: 152.5 x 7.1 cm (60 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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