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brooches

brooches

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Introduction

Set of 17 silver brooches, marriage band, collected by Chief John A. Gibson, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Oneida, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1800-1912.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1912
Materials

silver

Motifs and Patterns

set of 17 silver brooches, attached to band of black worsted. Forms vary - single heart, double heart crowned, 'council square' circular with scalloped edge. Single large brooch - circular, containing 8-pointed star, triangular, rectangular and circular piercings. Majority of brooches are incised on face.

Additional Context

(Gibson) band of silver brooches obtained from Oneida Indian. This set of brooches is indicative of a married couple. Usually they belong to the bridegroom and he wears them first. After marriage either one of the couple may wear them. The set is worn as a hat band or may be used witha feathr crown. The small brooches may be worn when one is young even by children.

Other Notes

The large sun brooch can be worn only when one is grown up = 'marriage band'

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-326a-q
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Chief John A. Gibson
GKS Reference Number: 26748
How to Cite this Item

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Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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