"Iabisowaꞌ ishtalakchiꞌ" (garters) were an essential part of Chickasaw men’s regalia, worn below the knee, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Beaded designs, most likely created by an artist removed from a Great Lakes tribe, or Potawatomi, due to their shared northern border with the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory, were worn by Chickasaws. The design is taken from the garters and placed in an ascending motif, named in tribute to a dear friend of the Potawatomi Tribe.

The "Sharon" blanket is inspired by an image found in "CHIKASHA": The Chickasaw Collection at the National Museum of the American Indian written by Lokosh (Joshua D. Hinson) and published by Chickasaw Press.