Engraved Silver Bracelets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ENGRAVED WITH SCROLL DESIGN. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM CARD: "BRACELET.---SILVER BAND, 3/16 INCH BROAD, BENT IN CIRCLET; LAPPING-SPRING CLASP; EXTERIOR ENGRAVED WITH SCROLL-WORK. SITKA INDIANS. ALASKA, 1875. 19,542. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN." Illus. Fig. 35, p. 56 in Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. Bunn-Marcuse identifies this bracelet as floral design and speculates that this type of design may be based on illustrated jeweler's pattern books of European designs available at that time.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004523
label: USNM Number
content: E19542-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet