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Garter

NameGarter
Dateca. 1870
Mediumheddle woven glass seed beads with cotton thread, wool yarn, hide, red silk ribbon
DimensionsWith fringe (Part A): 41 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 1/2 in. (106 × 8.9 × 1.3 cm) With fringe (Part B): 40 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 in. (101.6 × 8.9 × 0.6 cm) Without fringe (Part A): 13 × 3 1/2 × 1/8 in. (33 × 8.9 × 0.3 cm) Without fringe (Part B): 13 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 1/8 in. (33.3 × 8.9 × 0.3 cm)
ClassificationsAccessories
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Object number2019.2.92 A-B
Garter
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Great Lakes region
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Unrecorded Ojibwe artist
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Hair ornament
Meskwaki
ca. 1890
Hair ornament
Meskwaki
ca. 1890

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