garter, leg tie

garter, leg tie

garter, leg tie

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Introduction

One loom beaded garter of cotton yarn and multicoloured seed beads, ends of attached red wool yarn fringes are twisted togther; obtained from the Menomini shaman "Shunien" and donated to the museum by W. J. Hoffmann.

Nation of Maker: Menomini
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

obtained from Shunien, a Menomini shaman

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

seed beads (white, pale- and dark blue, green, yellow, orange-ochre (corn-yellow), translucent dark green, red-white inside and black), cotton yarn (3-ply red), wool

Techniques or Format

a loom beaded garter, ends of attached red wool yarn finges are twisted togther

Motifs and Patterns

multicoloured geometric pattern

Condition: good
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: IV-B-2018
GKS Reference Number: 1073
Record Creation Context

Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458