Garters, ca. 1835

  • Ottawa, Native American

Wool yarn and glass beads

  • Overall (garter): 39 × 3 3/8 inches (99.1 × 8.6 cm) Overall (garter): 37 × 3 5/8 inches (94 × 9.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.77

Mary B. Shurtleff (Cross Village, 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. 14.

Ottawa, Native American, Garters, ca. 1835, wool yarn and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.77.