brooch, trade silver
brooch, trade silver
brooch, trade silver
Circular or “ring” brooch, raised with hollow back, made of trade silver. Open in the centre with hinged pin for fastening on the front. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.
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Silver
Ring of silver, raised with hollow back, possibly done with repousse technique(?) or die-striking(?). Pin attached for fastening to fabric.
Provenance
F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 65, Item 404. "Silver buckles, seven plain circular."
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, brooch, trade silver. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.192. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1579.
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.