Cufflinks

MOA: University of British Columbia

3260/220 a-b

Hand-carved silver cufflinks, oval shaped. Silver abstract (trouthead) design with blackened background. Inscription on one cufflink reads "HAIDA ART"; the other has "Reid."

  • Narrative

    From the Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fortune collection. Item number 143 in the catalogue "Bill Reid: a Retrospective Exhibition" (1974; Vancouver Art Gallery).


  • Type of Item cufflink
  • Culture Haida
  • Material silver metal
  • Measurements height 2.5 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 3.5 cm (part a) height 2.5 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 3.5 cm (part b)

  • Creator Bill Reid
  • Previous Owner Elspeth McConnell
  • Received from Elspeth McConnell

  • Made in British Columbia

  • Creation Date during 1954
  • Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Current Location Case 16
  • Accession Number 3260/0220 a-b