Bracelet, Pigott


Title: Bracelet, Pigott
Creator: Unknown
Subject: Bracelet,1885, Resistance, First Nations, Big Bear, Poundmaker, Military
Description: This a photograph of a First Nations bracelet, which was taken from either Big Bear or Poundmaker’s camps. It was made prior to 1885. This artifact is part of the A.C. D. Pigott Collection, which was donated to the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 1991 by the Pappas family of Vancouver, British Columbia. The collection includes: Louis Riel’s English-French dictionary, Lieutenant Colonel Pigott’s 1885 Resistance battlefield manuscript, and a number of artifacts taken off the battlefield including: an inscribed watch, a pipe, a bullet maker and a buffalo powder horn (both from the Métis trenches), a carved wooden container taken from Big Bear’s camp, a First Nations decorative bracelet and horsehair braiding, which may have been traded for food by somebody captured by the Boulton’s Scouts.
Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute
Date: 1880s
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: GDI.AR.0385
Language: English
Date of Copyright: May 30, 2003
Coverage: Saskatchewan
GDI Media Location: GDI DVD 7
GDI Media Filename: box_binder_022.jpg

Related Categories

Category Resistance
Category Pigott Artifact Collection
Category A.C.D. Pigott Collection Artifact Collection
Category Pigott Artefact Collection