Garter Item Number: 50.67.37b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This garter is loom woven probably without the use of a heddle. It is made with garnet and white pony beads on a warp of black and green with thread wefts. The beads are composed in a geometric pattern of rectangles and diagonal lines, opposed as chevrons. See other garters, 50.67 a,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
- 50.67.37b
- Type of Item
- garter
- Material
- yarn, garnet bead and pony bead
- Measurements
- “11 x 1 11/16 in. (27.9 x 4.3 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Chippewa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Accessory