Garter Pendants
Garter Pendants
Garter Pendants
Introduction
Pair of garter pendants collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809, probably Anishinaabe.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin
ribbonwork applique
Date Made or Date Range:
1800-1809
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Materials
Wool yarn, red and green; beads, white glass; stroud, red; gros-grain silk ribbon, pink, dark blue, light blue, and white; animal hair, red-dyed; porcupine quills, white, blue, red and black; commercial thread.
Dimensions:
45.5 × 10.5 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
period of Grant's military service in Canada
Provenance
Current Location:
National Museum of Ireland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
1902.316-317
Collection at Current Location:
Jasper Grant Collection
Publication History
Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26937
Record Creation Context
GRASAC Research trip to National Museum of Ireland July 22 2010. Participants, Alan Corbiere, Ruth Phillips, Crystal Migwans, Nicholas Stolle, assisted by Padraig Clancy and Emma Crosby
Approximate Place of Origin