Pectoral Ornament Item Number: 3314/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rectangular beaded ornament with a white, blue and yellow geometric pattern. Clusters of red, pink, blue and green dots throughout geometric pattern. Red and blue dots are overtop the yellow patterns, the pink dots are on the blue portions, and the red and green dots are on the white parts of the design. Ornament has a white beaded border with a black outline. Two strands extend from the top edge of the rectangle and fasten together. The strand on the left has a looped end and the strand on the right has a taupe-coloured seed on the end. Strands are yellow with a blue and black border.

History Of Use

Beaded pectoral ornaments worn ceremonially.