woolen yarn, blue-grey, green and red; seed beads, white size 8

The garters are heddle-woven, with inwoven design of bands and zigzags in white beads.

There are zigzags down the centre, with parallel diagonal lines down 2 edges.

Although of different construction, the dye lots of red and green yarn of 1954.9.15 and these garters are extraordinarily similar which suggests that yarn came from the same source, and/or that the garters/sash were intended to be a set. (GRASAC research team notes) It would be interesting to find out if other heddle woven garters or sashes exist. Ask David Penney.

Based upon comparisons in style and material with other known pieces, the date of manufacture is between 1750 and 1810.

Donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1954 by Irene Marguerite Beasley. Her husband, Harry Geoffrey Beasley, bought the item from Mrs. Blewitt-Dowling, who acquired it from L. Conningham. L. Conningham collected the item around 1909.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).