Garter Item Number: 50.67.37c from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This garter is loom woven probably without the use of a heddle. The warps and wefts are thread and made with small seed beads. It has a repeated motif of eight-pointed yellow stars with white centers, outlined in blue, red, and clear beads on a blue and cloudy white background. See other garters 50.67.37 a,b,d.shown in additional potograph.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Garter
- Identification Number
- 50.67.37c
- Type of Item
- garter
- Material
- crewel yarn, glass bead, seed bead and thread
- Overall
- length 12.5 in, width 1.75 in
Who
- Culture
- Chippewa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Accessory