Made of black and red dyed woolen yarn, which has now faded to yellow. Decorated with interwoven white pony beads. The top of each garter pendant is edged in greenish silk ribbon, although it may have originally been a different colour. The beads are strung upon brownish beige thread.

Finger woven and decorated with interwoven beadwork in both the body and fringe. The GRASAC research team wondered if the pendants were made by cutting a sash in half.

In the black panels there are six white lines prarllel broken in places with blocks of diamonds. The red edges are decorated with white zig zag lines, separated from the black with straight lines of white beads.

The GRASAC research team found it odd that the fringe is not finished with quill wrapping and tinker cones, the usual fringe style of garter pendants.

The British Museum object catalogue states the garters were made between 1700 and 1770.

This item was part of a collection purchased by the British Museum from Harry Margary and his wife in 1991. It came from the studio of painter Benjamin West.

Unknown artist, garters. Currently in the British Museum, Am1991,09.5.a-b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26437.

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).

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Henrietta Lidchi (HL), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).