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garters, leg ties
garters, leg ties
garters, leg ties
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Introduction
A pair of loom beaded garters of cotton yarn and multicoloured seed beads, ends of attached red wool yarn fringes; obtained from the Anishinaabe, Green Bay-Agency, Wisconsin; exchanged with the FMNH, Chicago, part of Walker C. Wyman coll.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
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Place of Origin:
Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
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Materials
red wool (3-ply), leftovers of dark red and black wool, natural cotton yarn, seed beads (blue, honey yellow, red-white inside, translucent glass and green)
Techniques or Format
a loom beaded garter, ends of inter-twined red wool yarn fringes
Motifs and Patterns
geometric design: stepped triangle
Condition:
fair, some beads are missing, loose strings
Provenance
Current Location:
Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
IV-B_7612 a, b
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
476
Record Creation Context
Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.
Approximate Place of Origin