Pin Item Number: A8091 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large safety pin. Sharp end of pin is secured by a rounded metal cap.
History Of Use
A large safety pin, typical of the type worn with Scottish kilts. May have been used to secure a wool dance robe. Pamela Amoss notes that: "All women who are dancers have large, square woolen shawls with hand-knotted yarn fringes. These may be secured at the neck with a pin or merely wrapped around the shoulders (1978:101)."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada between 1950 and 1962
- Owned by Log Cabin
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
- Previous Owner
- Log Cabin and Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1962
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 3
- Accession Number
- 0081/0068