Garter Item Number: 50.67.37a from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This garter is loom woven (probably made without the use of a heddle). It is made with white and garnet pony beads on a warp of green yarn and has thread welfts. The beads are composed in a geometric pattern of rectangles and diagonal lines, opposed as chevrons. See other garters 50.67.b,c,d.shown in additional photogrpahs.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Garter
- Identification Number
- 50.67.37a
- Type of Item
- garter
- Material
- yarn, garnet bead and pony bead
- Overall
- length 11.75 in, width 1.6875 in
Who
- Culture
- Chippewa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Accessory