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Object Number 24-20-10/98044
Display Title Old 'copper'
Descriptions
Object Description Old 'copper'; hammered sheet "copper" is etched with motif resembling a beaver
Inventory Description Copper sheet object, rectangular, 1 end pointed, raised central ridge
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw?
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Copper
Dimensions Overall: 21.6 x 12.1 x 1 cm (8 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor David Wagstaff (1924)

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