Brooch
MOA: University of British Columbia
3260/234
Rectangular sterling silver brooch, engraved with a beaver, facing forward. The image expands over the entire surface except for the thin, undecorated border around the curved edge. Horizontal pin soldered to back.
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Narrative
Item number 103 in the catalogue "Bill Reid: a Retrospective Exhibition" (1974; Vancouver Art Gallery).
- Type of Item brooch
- Culture Haida
- Material silver metal
- Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 0.8 cm (overall)
- Creator Bill Reid
- Previous Owner Elspeth McConnell
- Received from Elspeth McConnell
- Made in British Columbia
- Creation Date during 1956
- Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
- Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3260/0234