Title
Garter
Identifier
Description
Short oblique/open-face fingerwoven garter in red wool with white beads.
The bead pattern consists of lines of white beads parallel with and directly perpendicular to the length of the sash, though the beads themselves are set at a diagonal angle due to the diagonal direction of the warps.
There are four of the same motifs, with the two near the ends being slightly wider than those in the middle. Each motif has a wide narrow bar parallel to the long sides of the sash, connected in the centre by two beads to a slightly wider rectangular section in the middle of the sash, which has a shorter, narrow bar at its centre.
There is also a continuous line of beads along each long edge of the sash.
There is an edge in a slightly darker shade of red on each side, ending in a tassel. This edging appears to be braided rather than woven – being either stitched onto or braided into the fingerwoven panel.
The woven panel ends in 15 tassels with several strands pulled together and braided, ending in a knot after a few cm. After the knot the strands are loose for another [x] cm in length. The very ends of the strands are frayed
Two sections about [x] cm above the ends have an ochre yellow ‘band’ – the strands may have been bleached or dyed here. Small patches and individual spots of this colour appear infrequently on other parts of the loose tassels as well. [does this function as glue to prevent fraying?]
On one end of the sash, a few cm under the knots in the braided tassels, two sets of strands are tied in a loose overhand knot.
Resist dyes.
Has been identified as Cherokee
The bead pattern consists of lines of white beads parallel with and directly perpendicular to the length of the sash, though the beads themselves are set at a diagonal angle due to the diagonal direction of the warps.
There are four of the same motifs, with the two near the ends being slightly wider than those in the middle. Each motif has a wide narrow bar parallel to the long sides of the sash, connected in the centre by two beads to a slightly wider rectangular section in the middle of the sash, which has a shorter, narrow bar at its centre.
There is also a continuous line of beads along each long edge of the sash.
There is an edge in a slightly darker shade of red on each side, ending in a tassel. This edging appears to be braided rather than woven – being either stitched onto or braided into the fingerwoven panel.
The woven panel ends in 15 tassels with several strands pulled together and braided, ending in a knot after a few cm. After the knot the strands are loose for another [x] cm in length. The very ends of the strands are frayed
Two sections about [x] cm above the ends have an ochre yellow ‘band’ – the strands may have been bleached or dyed here. Small patches and individual spots of this colour appear infrequently on other parts of the loose tassels as well. [does this function as glue to prevent fraying?]
On one end of the sash, a few cm under the knots in the braided tassels, two sets of strands are tied in a loose overhand knot.
Resist dyes.
Has been identified as Cherokee
Date
1700-1800
Coverage
North.America United.States.of.America South.East
Creator
Creek Cherokee
Relation
wool glass beads
UUID
45c5c094-de8d-4227-929a-2904834dcebe
Physical Dimensions
Overall length: 1500 mm; width: 79mm. Tassles: 30 mm (broken) and 90 mm long.
Materials
wool, glass beads
Location
North America, United States of America, East
URL
https://calm.abdn.ac.uk/museums/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ABDUA%3a5513&pos=1