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Nation of Maker:
Odawa
Place of Origin:
Cross Village, Emmett County, MI
Date Made or Date Range:
1840
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Materials
Wool yarn, glass beads, linen thread
Techniques or Format
Heddle woven single garter. Black and white beads are strung on the weft in a grid, so there's a bead between every warp. Three colours of yarn are used: scarlet, a sort of faded scarlet, and teal.
Motifs and Patterns
The garter, of loom-woven, black and white beadwork, is woven of red and green yarn in broad horizontal stripes running parallel to the selvages (which continue into the knotted fringes). The white beads are accessory to weft in an allover pattern. The black beads form a repeated geometric design of confronting double-headed arrows and confronting concentric triangles.
Other Notes
dimensions of woven portion: 16.5 x 3 in.
Dimensions:
29.75 × 3 × 0 in
Condition:
Damage at the center of the weaving has been repaired with darning. Darning thread is brighter red. Loss of fringe at ends.
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.63
Collection at Current Location:
Mary B. Shurtleff Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories
Formerly in the collection of: Mary B. Shurtleff, Cross Village, Michigan.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25666
Approximate Place of Origin