Year of Object(s) Creation: 1872
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Totem Pole
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Provenience Location: Misk’usa, British Columbia, Canada
Year Removed from Findspot: 1928

Provenance
Start Year: 2006
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Restitution
Nation: Canada
Location: Kitimaat Village, British Columbia
Start Year: 1928
End Year: 2006
Circumstance of Acquisition: Theft
Nation: Sweden
Location: Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm
Start Year: 1872
End Year: 1928
Circumstance of Acquisition: Creation
Nation: Canada
Location: Misk’usa, British Columbia

Indigenous G’psgolox Totem Pole


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1991
Year Claim Resolved: 2006
Means of Resolution: Arbitration

Complainant Name: Haisla Nation
Complainant Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Private: Institution

Respondent Name: Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm
Respondent Nation: Sweden
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
The University of Geneva's ArThemis project (reference in URL above) offers in-depth documentation and discussion of this dispute. Edited by Tali Maximon