Trade token

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Culture/People: Non-Indian
Previous owner: The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton); Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

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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Place: Canada

See related items: Non-Indian; Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1568
Barcode: 251568.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

Object Name: Trade token
Media/Materials: Copper, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Struck/minted, strung
Dimensions: 6 x 2.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a4b6ff74-8d83-4ea2-ae23-c55e8910c262

Record ID: NMAI_267420