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Brooch1590/192

Circular brooch with 27 small diamond cutouts forming outer border, 9 larger diamond cutouts in inner circle and 9 oval cutouts around central circular hole. 9 stars stamped between ovals and inner diamonds. 9 Vs stamped around raised edge of centre hole. Engraved vertical lines between outer and inner diamonds. Cross-pin secured through hole in inner edge. Two stamped maker’s marks.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/187

Circular brooch with central circular cutout and cross-pin. Outer ring of 24 small oval cutouts, middle ring of 24 crosses and inner ring of 24 circles. Engraving around the central 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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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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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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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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SheathH1.327

Long, red-brown leather sheath with two long fringes attached near the top and at the bottom. The main body of the sheath is stamped with geometric and linear patterning. Strips of leather are decoratively braided near the top and at the bottom tip of the sheath. Nine ring-like white metal rivets fasten the top of the sheath. Three leather loops are attached at the back of the top rim.

Culture
Chilean
Material
leather skin, metal and paint
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Single Cross1590/63

Latin cross with scalloped terminals. Edges outlined in zigzag engraving. Vertical engraved with four arrows.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
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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