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Garters

Garters, ca. 1885

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Glass beads, wool yarn and cotton thread

  • Overall (each): 36 × 2 1/2 inches (91.4 × 6.4 cm) Overall (beaded section): 11 1/4 inches (28.6 cm)

Museum Purchase, Flint Ink Foundation and Edgar A.V. Jacobsen Acquisition Fund

2006.27

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Treadway Collection, Hominy Trading Post (Hominy, Oklahoma, USA)

(Ron Munn Auction, San Diego, California, USA). Richard Pohrt, Jr.

2006-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Potawatomi, Native American, Garters, ca. 1885, glass beads, wool yarn and cotton thread. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Flint Ink Foundation and Edgar A.V. Jacobsen Acquisition Fund, 2006.27.

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