FINE LARGE OLD CARVED HAIDA SILVER CEREMONIAL POTLATCH SEA WOLF BRACELET CUFF

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FINE LARGE OLD CARVED HAIDA SILVER CEREMONIAL POTLATCH SEA WOLF BRACELET CUFF :
$250.00

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THIS BEAUTIFUL LARGE BRACELET IS FROM A COLLECTION JUST ACQUIRED OF FINE NORTHWEST COAST TRIBAL CARVINGS AND ARTIFACTS WHICH I PLAN TO LIST IN THE COMING WEEKS. ALL PIECES WILL BE LISTED WITH ; DON\'T FORGET TO BOOKMARK THIS SIGHT.

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THESE SILVER BRACELETS WERE USED IN NORTHWEST COAST POTLATCH CEREMONIES UNTIL THE POTLATCH WAS BANNED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.

THEY WERE GIVEN TO HIGH STATUS CHIEFS INVITED TO THE POTLATCH FROM OFTEN DISTANT VILLAGES.

IN THESE ELABORATE CEREMONIES WEALTH IN THE FORM OF JEWELLRY, CANOES, OOLICHAN OIL, PELTS, BRACELETS, ETC. WERE GIVEN AWAY OR DESTROYED TO DEMONSTRATE THE WEALTH OF THE HOST CHIEF.

ONE REMARKABLE RITUAL INVOLVED CHIEFS SITTING AROUND A FIRE IN THE LONGHOUSE. FLAMMABLE OOLICHAN OIL WAS DROPPED FROM A \'VOMITER\' IN THE ROOF ONTO THE FIRE. THE SEATED CHIEFS WOULD ENDURE BURNING CLOTHES AND SKIN RATHER THAN ADMIT THE HOST\'S WEALTH IN PRIZED OOLICHAN OIL.

THIS EXCEPTIONAL BRACELET IS CARVED WITH THE CENTRAL IMAGE OF AN ORCA OR KILLER WHALE, ITS HUGE TEETH BARED.

THE WHALE IS FLANKED ON EACH SIDE BY TWO SNARLING WOLVES. BENEATH THE WHALE IS THUNDERBIRD OR EAGLE WITH ITS MENACING EYE.

WITH SUPERB DETAILING OF ITS INTRICATE SURFACE, THE FIGURES FINELY WORKED, THE BRACELET SHOWS THE HAND OF A MASTER CARVER.

THE DESIGN IS ENHANCED BY PRECISE CROSSHATCHING AS BACKGROUND.

CONDITION IS EXCELLENT WITH SLIGHT WEAR.

AS WITH MOST EARLY PIECES THE BRACELET IS UNSIGNED.

GUARANTEED PURE STERLING SILVER.

THIS BRACELET IS THE LARGE AT 1 3/4 INCHES HIGH BY 2 INCHES ACROSS. THE WRIST OPENING IS 7/8 INCHES.

A VERY INTERESTING NORTHWEST COAST CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT AND NICE ADDITION TO A COLLECTION.

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THANKS FOR DROPPING BY AND GOOD LUCK.

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