Copper bracelet

July 22, 2018

Copper bracelet

Canadian Museum of History, DiJa-1:34, IMG2008-0583-0013-Dm

This bracelet was found near Lake Nipigon. It was made between 3,000 and 4,000 years ago by cold hammering native copper from the western end of Lake Superior. Various objects made with this metal were traded widely throughout Indigenous North America.