Sujet
Copper plaques served as a unit of wealth and generally assumed the value of the number of blankets given away at the potlatch where they were exhibited
Légende
Copper plaques served as a unit of wealth and generally assumed the value of the number of blankets given away at the potlatch where they were exhibited, Most were named and decorated with crest figures. The beavers incisor teeth and scaly tail identify the crest on this copper. Northwest Coast of America. Haida.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_019
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,7Mo (1,9Mo) / 24,0cm x 29,9cm / 2840 x 3536 (300dpi)