Garter, ca. 1840

  • Ottawa, Native American

Glass beads, wool yarn and plant fiber

  • Overall: 29 3/4 × 3 inches (75.6 × 7.6 cm) Overall (woven portion): 16 1/2 × 3 inches (41.9 × 7.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.63

Mary B. Shurtleff (Cross Village, Michigan, USA)

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

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

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 236. Beadwork and Textiles of the Ottawa. Exh. cat., Harbor Springs Historical Commission. Harbor Springs, MI, 1984, p. 46, fig. 37 (ill.). Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 18.

Ottawa, Native American, Garter, ca. 1840, glass beads, wool yarn and plant fiber. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.63.