garter, pendant

garter, pendant

garter, pendant

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Introduction

Bison hair garter pendant. Northeastern North American, Anishinaabeg or Haudenosaunee. Part of the Christy Collection, this item was donated to the British Museum by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.

Nation of Origin

Anishinaabeg or Haudenosaunee, based upon manufacture style.

Date Made or Date Range: Mid 18 C to Early 19 C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Created with information from the British Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

Made of bison hair with dark brown pony beads. Decorated with lighter brown bison hair and a fringe of metal cones containing red dyed deer hair and twelve quill wrapped warp threads.

Techniques or Format

Finger woven, with interwoven pony beads with quill-wrapped tassles. The top is unfinished, suggesting that this piece was sold to curiosity trade.

Motifs and Patterns

Diagnonal lines in the beads, grouped in threes with a break in design where garter was folded over.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

1750-1815 based upon style, presence of British officers in region, made for curiosity trade.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am.2623
Collection at Current Location: Christy Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1860s
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Henry Christy
Collection Narratives and Histories

This item was donated to the British Museum by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.

GKS Reference Number: 26969
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, garters, pendant. Currently in the British Museum, Am.2623. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26969.

Record Creation Context

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).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

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