xiigya (Bracelet)

About this object

Narrative

Purchased by donor's parent, Elizabeth Leishman, in the Queen Charlotte Islands around 1943.

Specific techniques

Made from hammered silver coins.

Physical description

Cuff style hammered silver bracelet. Engraved with mirror image of bears facing each other with cross-hatching over background. Artist's name is faintly incised on the reverse.

 

Categories

Dress & Adornment Metalwork

Materials

Silver metal

Subjects

Bears

Date Made

C. 1943

Date Acquired

27 Dec 2006

How Acquired

Donated

Measurements

Overall: 2.4 cm x 6.2 cm x 5 cm

Object Number

2676/1