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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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Gorget1590/261 a-b

Two crescent-shaped gorgets, both with double lines following lower curve, and with a porcupine engraved in the centre. Holes at either end. “A” slightly larger than “B”. Cartouche at one end.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal ?
Made in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/300

Necklace of beads, eight beavers and a George Washington Peace Medal. Necklace strung on string. The pattern starting from the centre back to the medal at bottom centre is one clear bead, one red, one clear, 26 mottled red, a beaver, one blue, three red repeated three times, followed by one blue bead and four red. The medal is oval. Engraved on it is a tree with a First Nations man with pipe and a man of European descent. Engraved below is “George Washington, President 1793”. On the back of the medal is coat-of-arms of the United States, together with engraved motto “e pluribus unum”. Maker’s mark stamped at bottom of medal. Maker’s mark also stamped on each beaver.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal, clay ?, glass ? and fibre
Made in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gorget1590/262

Necklace of three silver-plated gorgets in descending size. Groups of white and beige glass beads interspersed with red strung on nylon. Large gorget engraved with large initials, crosses and sunbursts. Middle gorget engraved with peacepipe and curved lines. Small gorget engraved with three crossed arrows, two crosses and sunbursts. All three gorgets bordered with zigzag engraving. Holes at each end of gorgets. Maker’s mark in centre bottom of gorgets, except on small one, where mark is in right corner.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
metal, fibre and glass
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gorget1590/263

Flat crescent-shaped gorget engraved with American eagle with branch in right claw and arrows in left claw. Banner in eagle’s beak with words. Twelve stars surround eagle’s head. Two holes in upper edges through which beaded necklace is secured. Beads are mainly red with white beads interspersed and one blue bead at centre back. Maker’s mark in rectangular cartouche.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal, fibre and glass
Made in
Albany, New York, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/290 a-b

A necklace of 165 beads, 163 with red and white centre, and a blue and a white glass bead. Hanging from the blue bead is a cross of four graduated horizontal bars with cloverleaf terminals. There are 4 hollow silver owls with moulded features each side of the cross. 1590/290B is a loose owl. Each owl and the cross bear maker’s mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal, glass and fibre
Made in
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/134

Oval brooch with cross-pin inserted in an oval cutout. Two-thirds of the edge is serrated, and the remaining third has zigzag engraving. There are stars and branches engraved around a set-in red brown stone. Maker’s mark stamped above the oval cutout.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal and glass
Made in
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/132

Heart-shaped brooch with four points on top. Centre heart-shaped cutout, and zigzag line engraved around edge of inner cutout. Green and white mottled glass stone set at top of brooch. Cross-pin bent around brooch side in notched band. Maker’s mark stamped in rectangular cartouche.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal and glass
Made in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/131

Heart-shaped brooch with cutout in centre. Zigzag engraving around the cutout and top. Top set with pointed round brown glass. Cross-pin secured through hole on left. Maker’s mark at lower left.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal and glass
Made in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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