brooch, trade silver

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Introduction

Circular brooch made of trade silver with scalloped edges. Circular hole in the centre is surrounded by an engraved scroll pattern, and circular, oblong and heart-shaped perforations. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.

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Materials

Silver

Techniques or Format

Concavo-convex silver, engraved and perforated. Rib around central circular opening.

Motifs and Patterns

Scalloped edges, surface engraved in scroll pattern, circular, oblong and heart-shaped perforations

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 cm

Condition: Pin missing

Provenance

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.184, HD 6329

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 410. "Breast Ornament, large silver, scalloped edges, the surface engraved in scroll patterns and perforated in circular and heart-shaped openings."

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 1586

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, brooch, trade silver. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.184. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1586.

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

44.736, -88.788

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