Loom-woven beaded garters

Titles: Loom-woven beaded garters (Supplied title)

Description: This pair of loom-woven beaded bands was beaded in a matching but not identical, geometric design. Ends are bound with blue wool tape and each has two braided tassels at one end consisting of blue and red wool yarn. Possibly Dakota, likely Ojibwe.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1837.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 14 1/2 inches length (A)
• 3 3/8 inches width (A)
• 3 1/2 inches length (A. fringe length)
• 14 1/2 inches length (B)
• 3 1/2 inches width (B)
• 3 1/8 inches length (B. fringe length)

Subjects

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