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Garter pendant: tightly finger-woven, of hard textured yarns; main panel is green with faded maroon border on either side, and green selvedge; white beads interwoven in geometric pattern; unfringed edge bound with red wool and bead edged; at opposite end, warp strands braided together, then quill-wrapped (white, black and red) and strung with cone and red wool tassel at end;;

1780 C;;

(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via Ted Brasser, National Museum of Man, Ottawa) Formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He served from 1774-1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Appato, The Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus.;A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.)

Benndorf and Speyer (1968); Bo'jou Neejee exhibit catalogue #173.