Bracelet
Haida
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
ca. 1890-1910
silver
width: 1 ⅜"
Inventory # CN4246
Sold
donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Provenance
Descended through the family of Chief Shakes, Wrangell, AK.
The oral tradition is that Edenshaw gifted this bracelet to Chief Shakes in the 19th century and it remained with descendants of his daughter for over a century:
Anisalaga (Mary Ebbetts Hunt), daugther of Chief Shakes, Tongas, AK
Jane Charity Hunt
Frances Elizabeth Cadwallader, Delta, BC
Sharla Pelosse
Related Examples
For a remarkably similar example see: Augaitis, Daina (et al). Charles Edenshaw. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2014, pg. 143, fig. 157
Royal British Columbia Museum, Cat. No. 9522 – See: Ibid. pg. 145, fig. 161
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Cat No. Nb1.736 – See: Ibid, pg. 145, fig. 162