Bracelet

Bracelet given to Dorothy McDonald in the late 30s, while living on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Her husband, Harry McDonald, worked seasonally at the CPC plant as a stationary engineer, and Dorothy spent her time befriending the local Nuu-chah-nulth people and going to bat for them on social issues, and with plant management. The bracelet was one of the gifts given to her by the Nuu-chah-nulth women.

The silver for this bracelet was made by melting fifty cent pieces.

Cuff style bracelet with an ocean scene carved over the entire front surface. From left to right: a close-up eagle catching a salmon at the water's surface; two whale hunters in a canoe, the back person paddling, the one in front holding a harpoon up at his shoulder, with a star (or sun?) and crescent moon in the sky above them; a whale is swimming at the ocean's surface to the right of them, with mountains in the background. Inside is plain, unsigned.