Bracelet Making

Art Sterritt making a bracelet at the 'Ksan workshop. Worn for centuries, the cuff bracelet has always been an important potlatch gifts and symbols of rank along the Northwest Coast. When contact with European settlers and travelers increased, bracelets were more often made from gold and silver...

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Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Hazelton > Gitanmaax > Silver >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ksan Historical Village > Hazelton > Gitanmaax > Silver >
Hazelton
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1583/bracelet-making
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_1583 2023-05-15T18:39:26+02:00 Bracelet Making G.F. MacDonald Collection Ksan Historical Village 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1583/bracelet-making unknown billreid:1583 local: Ksan Historical Village_331 uuid: 965f42f5-8ca9-42d7-8ed9-82991a74267c https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1583/bracelet-making This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Hazelton--Gitanmaax--Silver-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan Historical Village--Hazelton--Gitanmaax--Silver-- Photographs StillImage 1972 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:10Z Art Sterritt making a bracelet at the 'Ksan workshop. Worn for centuries, the cuff bracelet has always been an important potlatch gifts and symbols of rank along the Northwest Coast. When contact with European settlers and travelers increased, bracelets were more often made from gold and silver coins that were hammered flat, cut into shape and then engraved with crest symbols. Today, the Northwest Coast cuff bracelet has evolved into one of the region's classic art forms. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Hazelton ENVELOPE(-127.670,-127.670,55.250,55.250)
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Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan Historical Village--Hazelton--Gitanmaax--Silver--
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Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan Historical Village--Hazelton--Gitanmaax--Silver--
Bracelet Making
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description Art Sterritt making a bracelet at the 'Ksan workshop. Worn for centuries, the cuff bracelet has always been an important potlatch gifts and symbols of rank along the Northwest Coast. When contact with European settlers and travelers increased, bracelets were more often made from gold and silver coins that were hammered flat, cut into shape and then engraved with crest symbols. Today, the Northwest Coast cuff bracelet has evolved into one of the region's classic art forms.
author2 G.F. MacDonald Collection
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title Bracelet Making
title_short Bracelet Making
title_full Bracelet Making
title_fullStr Bracelet Making
title_full_unstemmed Bracelet Making
title_sort bracelet making
publishDate 1972
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1583/bracelet-making
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Tsimshian*
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op_rights This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question
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