Bracelet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3260/171

Cuff-style silver bracelet with split eagle design covering entire outer surface; cross-hatching between design. The bracelet has rounded ends. Artist’s inscription on back: HAIDA ART Reid.

  • Narrative

    Commissioned from Reid by a surgeon working in Sardis BC, for his wife. In 1994 it was sold by his daughter, through the Miriam Shiell Gallery, to the donor.


  • Type of Item bracelet
  • Culture Haida
  • Material silver metal
  • Measurements height 3.2 cm, width 6.3 cm, depth 5.8 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in British Columbia

  • Creation Date between 1960 and 1965
  • Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3260/0171