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Bracelet with American eagle design
Bracelet with American eagle design

Bracelet with American eagle design

Dateca. 1900
Label TextPrized as old heirlooms or, today, as wearable art, silver bracelets replaced pre-contact ornaments made from copper, horn and antler when silver coins came with the Spanish expeditions in the late 18th century. Silver ornaments were initially engraved with Native motifs or later with the American Eagle, scroll and foliate forms.
Object number74.35
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm) Diam.: 2 1/8 in. L.: 7 1/4 in.
MediumHammered and engraved silver coin
Bracelet, American eagle design
ca. 1900
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