Garters

Garters

Garters

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Introduction

Set of garters. Made from deer dew claws strung on hide thong. Lewis Henry Morgan collection.

Date Made or Date Range: prior to 1840
Materials

hide, deer dew claws

Techniques or Format

Garters made of hide. The tassels are made of hide thong that has been laced through the deer dewclaw. One garter is made of a single piece of leather. The other is made of a thicker piece with the ties added on. The tassles: the hide thong on one end is deer dewclaw and then it is laced through holes in the large piece of the gasrter and the end of that thong ends in a deer dewclaw; this is repeated for the length of the garter.

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catalog record

Current Location: Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 70.89.10
Collection at Current Location: Lewis Henry Morgan Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1970
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1840s
Previous Collectors: Lewis Henry Morgan
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Lewis Henry Morgan in 1840s in New York State and bequeathed to the University of Rochester (U of R) upon his death in 1881. The collection was transferred from the U of R to the Rochester Museum in 1970.

GKS Reference Number: 45222
Record Creation Context

Visit to Rochester Museum and Science Center (Rochester, NY) of Wahsontiio Cross, Kate Higginson, Alexandra Nahwegahbow, Melissa Otis, Ruth Phillips and Paula Whitlow, assisted by Jamie Jacobs and Kathryn Murano on 2-3 May 2016.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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