gshkidaasebzowin garters

gshkidaasebzowin garters

gshkidaasebzowin garters

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This ancestor is a pair of garters, gshkidaasebzowin, woven in segments of short parallel stripes continuing out of phase their entire length. Red, ochre, black and green in colour, these coloured stripes are outlined with white beads that emphasize the staggered effect. On both ends the warp yarns becomes long loose ends with red wool strung in-between with white glass beads. The beads are, uniquely, strung on a red yarn weft (making it more fragile). GRASAC researchers observed that these garters were longer than many others they have seen. This ancestor is located in the Detroit Institute of Arts. 

 

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

DIA Records

Place of Origin: Michigan, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1820
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Detroit Institute of Arts

Materials

wool yarn, glass beads

Techniques or Format

Each garter is woven in segments of short parallel stripes continuing out of phase the entire length. The colored stripes are outlined with white beads, emphasizing the staggered effect. The warp yarns become long loose ends, with supplementary red wool yarns strung with white beads. Colors used: red, ochre, black and green. The beads are, uniquely, strung on a red yarn weft (making it more fragile).

Motifs and Patterns

The beaded sections run along the entire length linearly, appearing to shift up every 2.5", from being between colour rows to being in the middle of a colour, and back.

Additional Context

These garters are exceptionally long, though maybe not long enough to go around the leg twice. They would likely have been worn with the excess hanging long according to David Penney and Cory Willmott.

Other Notes

Overall dimensions of 81.294.2: 46.25 x 2.25 in and dimensions of woven portion: 26.25 x 2.25 in. Dimensions of woven portion for 81.294.1: 26.375 x 2.25 in.

Dimensions: 45.625 × 2.25 × 0 in
Condition: warp loss, some damage. slight soiling of fringe.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

DIA records

Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.294.1 and 81.294.2
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://dia.org/collection/garter-37660
Collection at Current Location: Chandler Pohrt Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories

purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Source for Provenance information

DIA Records

Publication History

Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, p. 60, no. 231.

GKS Reference Number: 24572
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Maker, "Garters". GKS ID 24572, located in the Detroit Institute of Arts, catalogue number 81.294.1 and 81.294.2.

Record Creation Context

This record was augmented by Natasha Fares in December 2023. The photographs were removed by Cara Krmpotich January 30, 2024 to respect an agreement between the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Michigan Anishinaabeg Communities of Practice group.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

Source of Information about Places

DIA Records

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