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Garters, pair: finger-woven, from fine, hard textured yarn. Small, white glass beads strung on sinew thread are interwoven, forming geometric patterns. Colours are olive green and maroon, with contrast edging in same colours. At end, warp strands are braided together for 4.5 cm then quillwrapped to form 13-strand fringe. At ends, fringe strands are threaded with metal cone and tassel of red-dyed hair. Opposite end of each garter is bound with yellow ribbon;;

late 18th C;Dated circa 1780, due to owner being in a council at that time (see Remarks).;

(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via T. Brasser); formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell served during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment of Foot. He spent a winter at Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa ad given the name "Apatto" The Runner. Took part in a council at the village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly counciled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, and Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Museum and they also have a complete set of colour slides of the entire collection, (as does the Horniman Museum)

Benndorf and Speyer (1968)