Catalog Number
|
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1607 | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Pin / pendant | |
| Culture | Haida | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | City: Vancouver | |
| Maker's Name | Bill Reid (1920-1998) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1961 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver; Steel findings | |
| Description | Round pin done in appliqué technique, showing crescent moon along left edge enclosing an image of a woman who was pulled up to the moon after she insulted it; She is shown holding a pail of water and salal bushes; Both moon and woman are mounted on oxidized background; Steel pin, clasp and pair of small loops are soldered onto reverse; "Haida Art" and signature "Reid" are stamped on reverse; Image is copied from drawing done by John Wi'ha for anthropologist, Franz Boas, and published in 1909 by John R. Swanton in Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VIII, Part 1 - Contributions of the Ethnology of the Haida Plate XXI, No. 5 and p. 142 [reprinted from V, Part 1 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition]). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.3 | |