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Brooch1590/161

A circular convex brooch. Central circular cutout with zigzag engraving around the edge. 9 small holes each with an engraved line drawn toward the centre. Cross-pin. Maker’s mark on front at centre.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/160

A circular brooch with circular central cutout, scalloped outer edge with a row of half-moon cutouts. Cross-pin. Maker’s mark on the edge.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/158

Star-shaped brooch with 12 points ending with circular bosses. Engraved design of 6 half-moons, alternating with punched holes partially encircled by curved lines. Cross-pin attached and bent through hole.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.34

A small round bag made of red silk damask lined with white cotton fabric. Top of the bag is closed with pleating threaded onto two red cords joined at the ends with elaborate red, and gold knots and four tassels, two at each end. Two tassels are light green and pink while the other two are dark blue and yellow. All tassels are wrapped with gold thread at the top. Each tassel thread ends in a tiny circle. The upper edge of the bag is folder under to join the white cotton lining with an invisible seam. There are embroidered designs, some with gold couching, on both surfaces of the bag. On one side, there are four Korean? characters in different colours, below which, there are floral images. Below them, at the centre, there are two birds facing each other on a rainbow pattern. The other side of the bag is embroidered with pink and yellow flowers on green stems.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/156

Circular brooch with scalloped border, then row of perforated triangles and ovals, then a row of inter-spaced triangles around the central raised, circular cut-out. Maker's mark on front in place of one triangle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/113

Masonic-style brooch with round top and curved bottom. Square cutout and L-shaped cutout. Cross-pin secured through hole at right side. Engraved with circles and lines. Maker’s stamp at lower left.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/111

Masonic-style brooch with central diamond-shaped cutout, 4 semi-circular, 2 triangular and 3 irregular cutouts. Decorated with 14 small bosses and one large boss at top. Cross-pin attached. Maker’s mark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/110

Masonic-style brooch with cloverleaf-shaped top and bottom. Central diamond-shaped cutout. Engraved with stars, small circles and scalloped-shaped lines. Cross-pin.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/176

Circular brooch with outer row of alternating vertical and horizontal oval cutouts, the latter outlined with engraved zigzag lines. Inner row of diamond cutouts. Engraved double zigzag lines and 4 small wavy lines surround central circular hole with raised edge. Cross-pin secured through hole. Dent in inner rim opposite cross-pin hole. Maker’s hallmark close to inner ridge at pin hinge.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.2

A small flat bag made of red and dark blue silk damask and yellow silk embroidered on both sides. At the top, the red silk is folded inside where it is sewn with an invisible seam to the white cotton lining. Main body of the bag is shaped like a vertical rectangle with triangular projections on both sides created by folding and holding the folds in place with a circular pink cylindrical cord. A yellow tab, pointed at both ends, extends around the bottom of the bag. The red part of the front is embroidered with flowers outlined with gold couching and two pheasant-like birds facing each other while the red panel on the back is embroidered with a fungus. The blue points at the front and the back are embroidered with butterflies with two Chinese ? characters on the front, one light green and one yellow. The cord ends at the front with elaborate knots in red, gold, purple, and light green, culminating in five tassels wrapped in gold at the top, one in each of those colours plus a red one.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and gold metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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