Native American silver brooch
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1800
- Description
Silver disk that is open in the center and has a little hole on the top, possibly for a chain. There is a repetitive design in four places scratched onto the disk of three decorative lines with a double arc of dots below. The surface has various other random scratches and dots throughout. The disk is not completely smooth, it undulates.
- Creator
Cruickshank, Robert (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Costume accessories
Silverwork
Brooches
Indigenous peoples of North America
Fur trade - Location
- MontreÌ al (QueÌ bec)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Diameter Outside: (2.125 in)Sterling silver
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Cruickshank, Robert (creator). Native American silver brooch. circa 1800. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1758. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Cruickshank, Robert (creator), (circa 1800) Native American silver brooch. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1758
- MLA citation style
- Cruickshank, Robert (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1758>.