Woven from dark red woolen yarn and edged with a dark brownish-black yarn, possibly bison hair. Decorated with interwoven white pony beads. A fringe on one side has been finished with beige thread or yarn, white black and red dyed porcupine quills and metal cone tinklers containing red dyed deer hair.

Finger woven, with interwoven beadwork. The mustard yellow stripe running width-wise on both garters was made by leaching the dye from the yarn. Wrapped quillwork adorns the fringe. There are 13 metal cone tinklers on one garter and 12 on the other. Unlike most other garters of this sort, the top ends are not finished with either yarn or ribbon.

Both garter pendants are decorated with a single row of parallel chevrons pointing towards the fringe.

Based upon both stylisitc characteristics and knowledge of when British officers were in this region, they were likely made between 1750-1815.

Part of the Christy collection, they were donated to the British Museum by English ethnologist Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.

JCH King, 'Thunderbird and Lightning.' British Museum Press, 1982. p.50.

Unknown artist, garters. Currently in the British Museum, Am.2580.a-b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24636.

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).