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Brooch1590/234

A crescent-shaped engraved brooch with two holes in a raised centre piece.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/233

A crescent-shaped brooch with circles and half circles engraved on surface. There are two holes in a central raised piece on top. Maker’s mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gorget1590/267

Deeply convex kidney-shaped gorget with holes at each upper edge. HB engraved and framed by zigzag square with feather design at each corner. Maker’s stamp below square.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/283

A necklace of a large oval pendant and six smaller beavers separated by groupings of cylindrical glass beads, red beads with white centres, and red-and-white beads. The pendant and the beavers are strung with hide and wire. The arrangement of the beads between the beavers and between the pendant and the beavers on either side is one red-and-white, one red, four white, one red, one red-and-white. Pendant has an uneven raised edge and a central beaver figure. Above are a few branches, below and to the left of which are maker’s marks.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
copper metal ?, brass metal ?, skin and glass
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/281

A necklace of 187 red and white beads. The lower beads are in groups of five (2 white, 1 red and 2 white) with a beaver strung at each fifth bead. There are six beavers on each side. At the base is a Lorraine cross. Completing the necklace on each side is a two-white and two-red bead pattern. Maker’s mark stamped on the beavers. Further stamp on the base of the cross.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal, gold metal ? and glass
Made in
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/280

Necklace consisting of small white and red glass beads, interspersed with 4 larger red-and-white beads and 4 larger white beads in different groupings, 2 small round brass beads side by side at the join, gold Lorraine cross with clover leaf terminals and zigzag border engraving, and 4 silver engraved beavers. Necklace strung on wire. Maker’s mark at bottom of the cross in a cartouche. Cartouches with no decipherable marks also on the backs of the beavers.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
glass, silver alloy metal and gold metal ?
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/279

Necklace with 90 glass beads, 18 green glass beads, one blue bead, 2 red and black cylindrical beads, 8 flat turtles and one thick Latin cross with short cross bar and rounded ends. Turtles have cross-hatched engraving and the Jost hallmark. Cross is also engraved and has a stamp 'Boyer' on it. Necklace is threaded on string.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
New York, New York, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings1590/245 a-b

Pair of earrings shaped like a small armband. A is slightly smaller than B. Bands narrow to thin bent wires secured through hole. B has been repaired where band narrows to wire. Edges of bands have double lines of engraving.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/244

Oval brooch with cross-pin. Four serrations of four around the outside edge and three diamond cutouts. Set in centre is a large green glass stone, above which is triangular-shaped cutout with a small diamond cutout at top. Maker's mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal ? and glass
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings1590/243 a-b

Pair of earrings in the form of an eagle with outspread wings and fanned tail, heads turned to the left. Curved bar overhead joins wing tips. Thistle flower pendant attached on ring to tail feathers. Wire loop soldered to back of earrings. Maker’s mark on left wing.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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