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Brooch1590/130

Brooch with heart-shaped centre cutout under decorative top with pointed, round, black glass stone inset. Fine zigzag engraving around edge of centre cutout and around edge of top of brooch. Cross-pin turned and inserted through small circular cutout on side of heart. Hallmark in cartouche on front and on back of brooch.

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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Brooch1590/129

Heart-shaped brooch with central cutout and zigzag engraving. Top set with black glass stone. Cross-pin attached to left side. Maker’s mark at lower tip of brooch.

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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Necklace1590/124

Necklace with handmade silver beads and seven gold-coloured solid crosses along the bottom. Each cross has zigzag engraving and is separated by four beads. The cross in the middle is slightly larger. Each cross has a maker's mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal and gold metal ?
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes984/12 a-b

Pair of man’s funeral shoes made of fine white leather. The sides are low, but there is an upward extension at the heel, which has a centre seam covered with five vertical cotton strings. Section covering toes is very short; the main body of each shoe is open. There is narrow piping finishing the vertical seam at the front of the toe section, and wider piping around the upper edge of the shoes. The soles are made of layers of natural brown leather slightly thicker at the toe and heel ends, and have numerous iron cleats at the front and heel. The soles are attached to the body of the shoes with a row of stitching around the edge of the soles, and there is a row of heavy, even stitches around the edge of the white leather. The shoes are lined with white leather, and have insoles of woven grey wool fabric.

Culture
Korean
Material
cow skin ?, deer skin ?, dye, cotton fibre, wool fibre and iron metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes984/7 a-b

Pair of women’s shoes made of smooth black leather, lined with dark brown leather. The shoes have low sides but have a rounded extension up over the heel. The toe area is curved upwards and comes to a point. There is a central vertical seam closing the toe area, and a vertical seam at the heel, both with stitches concealed on the inside. The shoes are open along almost their entire length except for a small area over the toes. The opening is finished with narrow piping of the same material. The uppers are stitched to the soles with small even stitches of heavy thread. The rigid soles are formed of multiple layers of leather and taper in slightly except at the heel, which is slightly raised. The soles are covered with rows of iron hobnails except for the area under the arch.

Culture
Korean
Material
cow skin ?, dye, tung oil, cotton fibre and iron metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/101

A necklace of 117 beads, 6 teeth and 7 silver beavers, arranged with a large beaver at centre and 4 beads separating alternating teeth and beavers. Remaining beads all in colour sequence of three of the light-coloured beads alternating with a red bead. Large beaver has cross-hatched tail, engraved fur on body and two holes as nostrils. Three cartouches on body. Remaining beavers each have nose rings and a cartouche on back. Hole drilled at base of each tooth through which they are strung.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
glass, elk tooth, metal and beaver tooth
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel Ornament2644/1

Ornament made of elaborately knotted blue-green silk cord, with three large tassels attached at the end opposite the loop formed by the cord at the upper end of the ornament. Below the loop is elaborate knot with six loops protruding from the sides, below which is a silver ornament strung on the cord, with a coral bead at each end. Below the silver ornament is another elaborate knot, below which are suspended the three tassels, each wrapped at the top with fine silk thread of the same colour as the tassel. The silver ornament is urn-shaped, with a loop at each side from which hang silver butterflies each with two red and two blue enamel dots. There is a raised Chinese character on each side of the urn, on each side of which are panels inlaid with yellow, blue, and brown enamel. Above the urn are floral shapes formed of silver inlaid with coral beads.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, silver metal, enamel, coral, paper and gold metal ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes984/9 a-b

Pair of rigid black shoes made of smooth-surfaced heavy, stiff leather dyed black with unfinished natural leather soles and small heels nailed on with iron nails. One iron cleat is attached at toe and one at the heel. Row of hand-stitching around outer edge of sole. Shoes are low at sides, higher at back and have upturned toes with a centre seam. Piping in the same colour as the outside around the upper edge. Inside of shoes is brown and part b has a brown insole, while the other is black with the stitching showing.

Culture
Korean
Material
cow skin ?, iron metal, dye and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gorget1590/246

Circular gorget decorated on the convex side with engraved bear and First Nations head. Lines engraved around edge. Double line inside. There are two holes punched on the upper portion. Maker’s mark stamped in cartouche.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/133

Heart-shaped brooch with central heart cutout. Bird-like top set with red glass stone. Cross-pin. Hallmark in square cartouche.

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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