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garter
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range:
1850
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Materials
wool yarn, beads, linen thread
Techniques or Format
Loom-woven beadwork garter (single), with woolen yarn warp threads and linen weft threads. Basic double-thread loomwork.
Motifs and Patterns
Elaborate design, but less so than earlier examples. Notably odd colour and design choices. Not entirely symmetrical in design, with irregular diamond and hourglass patterns in mismatching colours (CW).
Additional Context
Assymmetry with four an element and three matching elements on either side may be meant to add up to seven (AC), though other variations seem random.
Other Notes
overall dimensions (including fringe): 41 x 3 in.
Dimensions:
11.5 × 3 × 0 in
Condition:
Fraying black patches sewn onto one side appear to be an early attempt to conserve the beadwork, which actually may have increased stress on a section in which several rows of beads are now missing.
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.763
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories
Purchased from Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, in 1975. One of a pair of garters readily identified in most existing photographs of David Shopenagon.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
24822
Approximate Place of Origin