Wool, vegetable fiber, glass beads, ribbon (polished cotton?)

Warp is three ply S wool, weft is paired S ply vegetable plain weave; there are beads on weft; ends two strand weft twining as warp protectors; fringe is twisted and plaited with beads. Blue ribbons are sewn onto the ends of the woven section to secure. Dimension of woven areas: 13 x 2.75 in.

Garters have long beaded fringe, and are woven in narrow stipes parallel to the selvage edge in the following sequence: red, green, tan, navy, red, green, red, navy, tan, green, red. White beads are added at regular intervals in short lines parallel to the stripes.

The fringe yarns are formed of two woven yarns twisted together (CW).

According to Pohrt, "There are three or four other pair which may all be by the same hand." He describes this pair as a "very unusual type, typical of Cross Village" and comments, "Cranbrook Museum also has a pair of these garters which they obtained from Chandler, but which are labeled as being from Walpole Island."

Pohrt purchased from Chandler September 1965. According to Pohrt, "Chandler probably bought this pair from Albert Heath, the son of a wealthy Chicago family, who ran a curio business in Chicago and summered with the family at Harbor Springs. He used to advertise in sports magazines as 'Chief Flying Cloud' of Harbor Springs, Michigan during the 1920's. That was the name by which he was known in Harbor Springs."