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FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "COLLAR OR NECKLACE.---BAND OF CEDAR BARK, BENT IN CIRCLE, COVERED ON EXTERIOR WITH WOVEN CEDAR BARK AND LINES INSIDE WITH DARK GREEN CLOTH. INDIANS NEAR BELLA BELLA. CIRCUMFERENCE, 2 FT. WIDTH, 3 1/2 INS. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,686. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. These cedar collars, worn with anklets and wristbands, were used as forms of protection, but also showed your societal status.