Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.109
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Bracelet
Title:
Silver Tlingit Bracelet Fragment, Eagle Pattern?
Date:
1940
Description:
Pounded silver Tlingit(?) wrist bracelet with eagle engraving. Single silver band shaped to fit wrist. Band tapers from center 0.75 inch width to rounded ends of less than 0.375 inch. Smooth interior. Exterior engraved with eagle head and adjacent wings. Feather pattern over remainder of bracelet. Approximately one third of bracelet missing, rough edge indicates metal band broke. Circumference of original bracelet was approximately 5.5 inch. Present remnant of bracelet is 4 inch of incomplete circumference. Possible crude letters "B C" scratched on inside of bracelet.
Notes:
From collection of Thomas S. Parke
Search Terms:
Tlingit
Native
Personal Belonging
Jewelry
Childhood