Hat Pin

Item number 3668/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Hat pin consisting of a front plaque (part a) and separate pin (part b). Plaque depicts a bear, on all fours, eating a seal. Bear is carved in profile, with a small protruding ear, and black inlay eye. Upper half of seal's body is hanging out of bear's mouth; circular cutouts for eyes. Base of plaque is a thin rectangle with the owner's name, Doug (umialu), carved in syllabics across entire length; characters filled with black pigment. Back of plaque has two rounded ridges with holes drilled into them; pin fits into holes to secure hat pin. The separate pin has a square-like head that tapers to a point.

Narrative

Collected by the donor's father, Douglas B. Ritcey, who was a radio operator stationed in Iqualuit, from the 1940s to 1952. Each of the four hat pins (3668/2-5) has the name of one of the family members on it in syllabics.