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18th Century Material Culture

The Native Americans


Trade Jewelry, Arm Bands, & Gorgets

Trade Silver
Brooches

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Captain Bulls War Party, Recreated - AMc Photography

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, German Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, German Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, German Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Iroquois Trade Silver Brooch Engraved MUNRO


c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Native American Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1750
(Private Collection)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Native American Trade Silver Broach


by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec c. 1767 - 1809
(Clements Library)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Iroquois Repousse & Rocker Engraved Trade Silver Brooch


Hallmarked A c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Northeast Woodlands Trade Silver Star Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Iroquois Trade Silver Brooch


Hallmarked AB c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Iroquois Trade Silver Brooch


Hallmarked IA c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Iroquois Trade Silver Chestnut Brooch


Hallmarked IA c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Iroquois Trade Silver Brooch with Black Glass


Hallmarked IA c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Eastern Woodlands, Mi'kmaq, Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1750 - 1800
(McCord Museum)

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Iroquois or Mohawk Trade Silver Brooch
c. 1785 - 1795
(McCord Museum)

Native American Trade Silver Broach


Hallmarked LA for Laurent Amiot of Quebec City, Quebec c. 1764 - 1838
(Clements Library)

Eastern Woodslands Iroquois Masonic Style Counsel Fire Trade Silver Brooch
Hallmarked EDT c. 1750 - 1830
(RubyLane Antiques - Uchizono Gallery)

Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Masonic - Style Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Masonic - Style Trade Silver Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Council Square Brooch
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Council Square Brooch


c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Tin
Gorgets

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Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Tin Gorget
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Tin Gorget
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Tin Gorget
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Tin Gorget
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Tin Gorget
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Ear & Nose


Pendants

Native American Trade Silver Earrings


Hallmarked DZ for David Zachary of Quebec 1777
(Clements Library)

Eastern Woodlands Knife & Sheath, Trade Silver Ear Wheel Pendants, & Ottowa Bag
Collected $ Worn by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1774 - 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot in Indian Dress, Assigned to Niagara & Detroit 1774 - 1780
c. 1780
(Liverpool Museum of England)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Ear Wheel Pendants


Collected & Worn by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1775 - 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Silver Ear or Nose Pendants


Collected & Worn by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

Cherokee Trade Silver


Mid 18th Century
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Captain Bulls War Party, Recreated

Crucifixes

Iroquois or Mohawk Trade Silver Cross


by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec c. 1785 - 1795
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Maliseet, Crucifix


c. 1750 - 1760
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Possibly Maliseet, Crucifix


c. 1765 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Possibly Maliseet, Crucifix


c. 1765 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Crucifix


c. 1765 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

French Trade Silver Cross


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

French Trade Silver Cross


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

Native American Trade Silver Cross


18th Century
(Museum of the Fur Trade)

Native American Trade Silver Cross


18th Century
(Private Collection)

Native American Trade Silver Cross


Late 18th Century
(Clements Library)

Native American Trade Silver Cross


Hallmarked RC for Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec 18th Century
(Private Collection)

Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Cross


by Charles Arnoldi c. 1779 - 1817
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Cross with Chain of Glass Beads
by Peter Bohle c. 1779 - 1817
(McCord Museum)

Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois, Trade Silver Cross


by Peter Bohle c. 1779 - 1817
(McCord Museum)

Buttons

Native American Trade Silver Buttons


Hallmarked IM & SI Late 18th Century
(Clements Library)

Arm
Bands

Iroquois Trade Silver Bracelets


by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec c. 1767 - 1809
(McCord Museum)

Iroquois Trade Silver Bracelets


c. 1767 - 1809
(McCord Museum)

Iroquois Trade Silver Bracelets


by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec c. 1767 - 1809
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois or Mohawk, Tin Armbands
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

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Eastern Woodlands, Iroquois or Mohawk, Tin - Plated Iron Alloy Armbands
c. 1780 - 1830
(McCord Museum)

Captain Bulls War Party, Recreated

Gorgets

Red Slat Mohawk Gorget


Given by Eunice Williams & Mohawk Husband, Arosen, to Her Brother, Reverend Stephen Williams c. 1744
Eunice Had Been Carried Away from Deerfield, Massachusetts in a Raid by the French & Native Americans in 1704
(Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts)

Eastern Woodlands Trade Gorgets by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec


Collected by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, Ocer of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

Eastern Woodlands Silver Trade Gorgets by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal, Quebec


Collected by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, Ocer of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

Native American Trade Gorget


by Benjamin Day of Newport, Rhode Island c. 1725 - 1750
(Frazier Museum of History)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

Native American OSCEOLA Trade Silver Gorget


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget


18th Century
(Aliated Auctions)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget from Overhill Cherokee Engraved Virginia 1757
Possibly Produced inWilliamsburg
(McClung Museum)

Native American Brass & Silver Trade Gorget Made in Albany, New York
Mid 18th Century
(American Revolution Museum at Yorktown)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget


Marked JB for John Bayly c. 1761
(The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stacks Bowers Galleries)

Native American Trade Silver Gorget


Marked JB for John Bayly c. 1761
(The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stacks Bowers Galleries)

Hair
Ornaments

Eastern Woodlands Hair Ornament


Collected by Lieutenant, Sir John Caldwell, of H.M. 8th Regiment of Foot c. 1780
(Canadian Museum of History - Speyer Collection)

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