brooch, trade silver

brooch, trade silver

brooch, trade silver

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Introduction

Circular brooch made of silver with scalloped edges. Pierced crescent-shaped openings, and engraved dotted lines surround large circular perforation in the centre. Pin is missing. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated

Materials

Silver

Techniques or Format

Concavo-convex silver, engraved and perforated.

Motifs and Patterns

Scalloped edges, large circular perforation. Crescent-shaped openings bordering the scalloped rim form an octagonal shape; crescent-shaped openings with engraving that surround the large centre perforation create possible equal armed cross shape.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Pin missing.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.187, HD 6333
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 65, Item 405. "Silver buckles, six octagonal, perforated."

GKS Reference Number: 490
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, brooch, trade silver. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.187. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 490.

Record Creation Context

Record created as a result of a GRASAC-sponsored research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, December 15-19, 2008. Research costs supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant (2007-2010, Ruth Phillips, PI). Record created during post-trip clean up by project RA Lisa Truong, under the supervision of Heidi Bohaker.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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