The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians

Their Origin, Development, and Possible Antecedents

• Author(s): Carol F. Jopling,
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society
• Pages: 164
• ISBN_10: 0871697912
  ISBN_13: 9780871697912
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Indigenous Art of the Americas , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies ,

Description:... This is a print on demand publication. Contents: (I) The Use & Meaning of Coppers in the Period Between 1860-1920; Coppers; Environmental Conditions; Cosmologies; Social Structure; Meanings Attributed to Copper; The Roles of Coppers in Each of the 5 Societies; Comparison of Coppers & Their Use & Meaning; (II) The Early Development of Coppers in Historical Context: Early Period 1741-1840; Copper Objects of the Native People Seen by Europeans; Sources of Native Copper; Amount & Type of Trade Copper Introduced; Type of European Copper Traded 1750-1840; The Later Period 1840-1920; Coppers 1840-1920; (III) The Native Copper Questions: Native Metal-Working Technology; Metallurgical & Metallographic Analysis; (IV) Formal Antecedents to Coppers: European Objects; Archaeological Artifacts; Ethnographic Artifacts; Conclusions; Bibliography. Illus.