Garters, ca. 1845

  • Chippewa, Native American

Glass beads, cotton fabric and twine, wool yarn, brass hook-eyes

  • Overall (garter): 31 1/4 × 2 1/8 inches (79.4 × 5.4 cm) Overall (garter): 31 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (80 × 5.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.76

Totem Village (small private museum and gift shop near St. Ignace, Michigan, USA)

purchased by James May (Petoskey, Michigan, USA)

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

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

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no.40.

Chippewa, Native American, Garters, ca. 1845, glass beads, cotton fabric and twine, wool yarn, brass hook-eyes. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.76.