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Cufflinks

MOA: University of British Columbia

3258/9 a-b

Pair of gold cufflinks. Each piece shows the front-on face of a grizzly bear, ears prominent at top, tongue emerging from mouth. Wide pin emerges from back centre to join a chrome and gold oval at back. HAIDA ART / Reid inscription on back of each.

  • Iconographic Meaning

    The bear design on the cufflinks was said to have been adapted from a 1850s rattle in the collection of the British Museum.

  • Narrative

    Purchased by the donor from The Quest, in Victoria, in 1963. Item number 62 in the catalogue "Bill Reid: a Retrospective Exhibition" (1974; Vancouver Art Gallery).

  • Type of Item cufflink
  • Culture Haida
  • Material gold metal, gold
  • Measurements height 2.0 cm, width 2.1 cm, depth 2.0 cm (part a) height 2.0 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 2.3 cm (part b)
  • Creator Bill Reid
  • Previous Owner Margaret Hess
  • Received from Margaret Hess
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date during 1957
  • Collection Date during 1963
  • Ownership Date before August 15, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 15, 2017
  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition excellent
  • Accession Number 3258/0009 a-b

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