brooch, trade silver

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Introduction

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

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

Silver

Techniques or Format

Concavo-convex silver, engraved and perforated. Hinged pin attached for fastening.

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

Provenance

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

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.186, HD 6332

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."

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 1565

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, brooch, trade silver. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.186. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1565.

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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