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| garter CD94-167 S75-428 | |
| Artifact Number | III-G-843 | | Current Cultural Affiliations | Anishnaabe
| | All Affiliations | Ojibwa (type/style)
Anishnaabe (type/style)
Northeastern Woodlands
| | Category | 03: personal artifacts
| | Sub-category | C140: clothing accessory
| | Person / Institution | Associated party
| | Latest Possible Date | 1780/12/31 C | | Caption | Garter, Northern Ojibwa, collected by Sir John Caldwell, 1774-1780
| Additional Information | The Native inhabitants of Canada's eastern subarctic woodlands - the Northern Ojibwa and Cree Indians - traditionally wore garments of animal skin decorated with porcupine quills, paint and fringes. They dressed their hair with ochre, grease and feathers, painted and tattooed their faces, and suspended ornaments of bead, shell and bone about their bodies. The garter shown here was part of this distinctive complex of native dress and adornment. It is a fine example of early artistic traditions and of the technical skills of the women who made them. The presence of imported materials - iron, trade cloth and glass beads - on otherwise traditional items suggests that it was made soon after contact with Europeans, possibly during the late eighteenth century. The garter is fashioned from dyed quills interwoven with sinew threads on a bow loom made from a bent stick. Such garters were worn as decoration, tied below the knee. Traditional eastern subarctic styles of clothing and adornment changed rapidly following exposure to European goods, technologies and fashions. Artifacts such as these are rare and irreplaceable souvenirs of a rich and complex aboriginal culture.
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