Garters (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made entirely of red wool, central portion turned over on the edges, lower end tapered to long triangular point, decorated with narrow bands of ribbon, in one straight line and two wavy lines, brown and faded green color, central portion has same green and a tan ribbon band along the edges, upper small section has tan and blue ribbon decoration. Both this and the lower bordered with white seed beads. Rawhide tie strings. One has bunch of bells. Tied near the top. These are worn around the lower leg just below the knee, with the long one hanging free."
label: Notes
content: Addition to the catalog card, dated 11/1964: "These were definitely identified as garters by Norman Feder, though they had previously been just called "dress ornament". This all wool type presumably are later in time than the similar ones (refer to catalog no. 2468) made of fur. Feder says the quill design is most frequently associated with Iowa specimens. These are very rare specimens, very few of such being in collection in a major museum. (Milwaukee Public Museum cat.no. 30518; American Museum Natural History (NY) cat. no. 50/7913). Refer Wm. H. Miner, "The Iowa", 1911, frontis ill. Which shows them being worn. Alanson Skinner: "Medicine Ceremony of Menomini etc..." Heye Foundation, Indian Notes and Monographs. Vol. 4 (1920) pl.16 shows same designs."
label: Notes
content: Entered in the orginal ledger catalog as from the War Department with the location given as Upper Missouri Valley. Listed there as "Dress (ornament) with small bells." Length: 32".
label: Notes
content: 9-26-2012, Gaylord Torrence, Nelson-Atkins Museum, also identifies as probable Iowa based on style.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Upper Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iowa (Ioway, Bah Kho-je, Baxoje)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2482-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Garter