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Brooch1590/293

Heart-shaped brooch with heart-shaped cutout and owl head at top. Cross-pin. Maker’s mark stamped on top of head.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breastplate1590/285

Large metal breastplate with three horizontal pieces of metal that connect to two vertical pieces of metal on either side. The top horizontal piece has an incised scalloped design, three cut-out diamond designs in the centre, and two cut-out heart shapes at the ends. The middle horizontal piece has three cut-out heart shaped designs that alternate with two cut-out oval-shaped designs. The bottom horizontal piece has eight staggered cut-out triangular-shaped pieces. Small beaver pendants hang from the bottom of each row. The horizontal lines are separated with two large cut-out heart designs that cut-out crosses in the centre. The vertical pieces have cut-out oval-shaped designs on them.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingA2.261 a-j

Woman (part b) kneeling in front of stone lamp with various implements of stone and walrus tusk. Light grey colour. Her right hand holds an ulu (part i). To her right, there is a large stone chest ? (part d). In front of her, from left to right, there are the following: a rectangular stone piece which tapers down at one end and is covered with a flat layer of walrus tusk (part c), a circular stone dish (part e), and a triangular lamp (part f). Behind these three pieces (parts c, e, and f), there is a three-piece stand (part g) made of walrus tusk, from which hangs two stone moccassin boots on either sides of the rectangular stone cooking container in the middle attached with sinew. There is a small circular stone cup (part h) to one side, held in place with a wooden peg. Everything is on a main base (part a).

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, soapstone stone and sinew
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada ?
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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Single Cross1590/299

Single bar, thin, flat cross with square ends. Double zigzag lines form border. Three engraved sunbursts and two diamonds. Suspended from bottom are two concentric flat rings with zigzag line borders. The larger has an engraved sunburst. Cross and both rings stamped with maker’s mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/230

Double heart-shaped brooch with centre heart-shaped cutouts and crown-shaped top with four round cutouts. Engraved with small circles. Cross-pin secured round interior band in cutoout slot. Maker’s mark very faint.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/188

Circular brooch with central circular cutout and cross-pin. Border of 24 close-set elliptical cutouts, middle ring of crosses and inner ring of circles. Zigzag engraving around the centre hole. Hallmark in square cartouche below cutout design.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/191 a-b

Very thin circular silver brooch. Outer border has half-moon cutouts with engraved zigzag line undulating between cutouts. Central pattern in shape of a star, each tip ending in a circular boss. Central hole surrounded by cutout half-moon pattern and engraved line. Cross-pin bent and secured through the hole.Maker’s mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/197

Silver brooch with heart-shaped centre cutout with diamond cutout above. A ring is threaded through the diamond cutout. Three-pointed crown on top of brooch. Line engraving. Cross-pin turned around side of brooch. Rectangular cartouche with mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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