Silver Bracelets 2 Item Number: E20252-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

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FROM CARD: "20252A-2.9CM WIDE, WITH CLASP, SCROLL DESIGN. 20252B-3.3 CM. WIDE WITH CLASP, SCROLL DESIGN. ONE ILLUS.: FIG. 10.5, P. 177 IN NORTHERN ATHAPASKAN ART BY KATE DUNCAN, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON PRESS, 1989. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM CARD: "BRACELETS (2).---SILVER BAND, FITTED WITH HOOK-AND-EYE CLASP, AND EXTERIOR CHASED AND ENGRAVED AFTER MODERN PATTERN. DIAMS., 2 1/4 AND 1 13/16 INS. BREADTH, 9/16 TO 1 1/8 INS. CASSIAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,252. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN FOR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. MADE BY A HAIDAH INDIAN, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. SULLIVAN, GOLD COMMISSIONER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA." 20252A illus. Fig. 56 and 57, p. 75 in Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. Identified as design with foliate patterns.