Silver Brooch made by Haudenosaunee Silversmith

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Date

19th-early 20th century

Description

Silver Brooch made by Haudenosaunee Silversmith. Silver brooches became important trade items during the fur trade throughout the Great Lakes region and Southeast. Haudenosaunee silversmiths (who didn’t sign or stamp their work) were prolific during this time period as well. Arthur Parker, who collected two Haudenosaunee silversmithing kits for NYSM in the early 1900s from Cattaraugus, Seneca Nation, wrote about Haudenosaunee silversmithing and brooches. He writes that brooches shaped like E-50132A were worn as identifying symbols of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

Type

Artifact

Region

New York State

Era

Turn of the Century and WWI

Topic

Indigenous Peoples of North America

Repository

New York State Museum

Identifier

E-50132A

Source

New York State Museum

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