The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton) Search this
Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982 Search this
Donor:
Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian Search this
Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013 Search this
Object Name:
Trade token
Media/Materials:
Copper, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads
Techniques:
Struck/minted, strung
Dimensions:
6 x 2.6 cm
Object Type:
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Place:
Canada
Collection History:
Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from The Museum Shop, a book and antique shop in Mabton, Washington, owned by William L. Gannon (1919-1985), before 1967; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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