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Object #     2007-4/1
Object name     Bracelet
Culture of Origin     Haida
Maker or Artist     Francis Williams
Materials     Silver
Techniques     Engraved
Dimensions     L: 2.4 in, W: .8 in
Exhibit Label    

"Spirit of the Ancestors"-Engraved silver broaches and bracelets were first worn by Northwest Coast Native women to display their inherited crests during the late 19th century, when they were no longer able to display their crests by wearing ceremonial regalia or tattoos. Today, such displays of cultural identity are legal, but bracelets continue to be important ceremonial and everyday wear.

Source     Mr. Mark Kernaghan
Credit     Mark Kernaghan Collection, given in honor of Sandra and William J. Dunn, Jr.


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