Image shows the front south corner of the Potlatch Gallery. Image shows the back south corner of the Potlatch Gallery. Image shows the south wall of the Potlatch Gallery. View from the south-east corner of the Potlatch gallery looking north towards the front of the gallery and centre wall.

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Coppers and Conflicts

Sometimes a Chief would break a copper to show that he was so wealthy that he could afford to damage such a valuable object. The value of a copper rises each time the copper changes hands. The purchase of a copper, its sale or destruction, are all events that occur at a potlatch.