Finger Ring
Item number 1908.63.3 from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
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Description
Silver finger-ring with faint incised design. [CAK 26/05/2009]
Longer Description
Silver finger-ring with faint, incised design. Made from a single piece of silver, the band is plain and tapers at the back of the ring. The front or top of the ring has an oval shape and faint lines are visible that may be the outline of a double-headed bird or a floral motif. [CAK 12/08/2009]
Research Notes
The following information comes from Haida delegates who worked with the museum's collection in September 2009 as part of the project “Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge”:
This ring was viewed alongside other items of personal adornment on Friday Sept 9, 2009. No information from delegates about this particular object was recorded. [CAK 13/05/2010]
Primary Documentation
Accession book entry: REV. C. HARRISON, Masset, Queen Charlotte Island, B.C.... - Silver ring, one of the first Haida attempts at jewelery making, Masset. ... Pd by cheque £2-5-0
No additional information on catalogue cards. [JC 5 9 1996]
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - Early attempt at ring-making by a Haida of Queen Charlotte Id. Purch. 1908 (Harrison) [NM 21 2 1997]
Related Documents File - The Haida Project Related Documents File contains video of research sessions and interviews with Haida delegates from September 2009 as part of the project ‘Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge'. It also includes post-visit communications that discuss object provenance. For extensive photographic, video, and textual records documenting the Haida research visit as a whole, including but not limited to preparations of objects for handling, travel logistics, British Museum participation, transcribed notes from research sessions and associated public events held at PRM, see the Haida Project Digital Archive, stored with the Accessions Registers. Original hand-written notes taken during research sessions have been accessioned into the Manuscripts collection, in addition to select other materials. [CAK 02/06/2010]
Item History
- Made in British Columbia Haida Gwaii Masset, Canada
- Collected by Charles Harrison
- Received from Charles Harrison during March 1908
What
- Name
- Finger Ring
- Identification Number
- 1908.63.3
- Type of Item
- finger ring
- Material
- silver metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- incised, forged ? and cast ?
- Overall
- diameter 21.0 mm
Where
- Holding Institution
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Made in
- British Columbia Haida Gwaii Masset, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- Charles Harrison
- Received from
- Charles Harrison
When
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1908
Other
- Keyword
- Finger Ring
- Class
- Ornament
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