- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Copper tag, part of "Fire Sale".
- Long description
- Copper tag which reads 'Bent Bulged Bowl 1891 Discount Price 45 pence'. This tag goes with a bowl (possibly 1891.49.94).
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Haida
- Date / Period
- Date made: 2022 - 2023
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 2023
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Process Hammered, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material String
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 83 x 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2023.43.1.20
- Research and responses
A fire sale is the sale of goods at extremely discounted prices. Gwaai Edenshaw, the maker of "Fire Sale", describes this exhibit as a commentary on the 'price of things', specifically Haida objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection, and illustrates the discrepancy in their ascribed 'value'.
Search terms: Exhibition, Picture and Graphic Art
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