Silver trade cross
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1820
- Description
Silver Latin cross, engraved with cross-hatch lines running throughout the cross with rounded bulbous tips. Cross also has a circular hole on the top for wearing and its surface is not smooth, it is pitted and grooved.
- Creator
Kinzie, John, 1763-1828 (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Religious Objects
Crosses (visual works)
Pioneers
Merchants
Indigenous peoples of North America
Fur trade - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (2.375 in)Width: (1.875 in)Sterling silver
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Kinzie, John, 1763-1828 (creator). Silver trade cross. circa 1820. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1843. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Kinzie, John, 1763-1828 (creator), (circa 1820) Silver trade cross. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1843
- MLA citation style
- Kinzie, John, 1763-1828 (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1843>.