Object Number | 45-15-779 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Shoshone |
Provenience | Wyoming |
Culture Area | Great Basin Culture Area |
Date Made | 1886 |
Section | American |
Materials | Elk Skin | Buffalo Skin (uncertain) | Glass | Paper |
Technique | Smoked | Beaded |
Description | Ration ticket, elk or buffalo skin, smoked, quadrangular with false flaps. Three horizontal bands of green beads edged with navy beads, ornamented front flap with band of green and navy triangles and beaded edges. Closing flap solidly beaded with navy triangle on green ground, long suspension elkskin strap. |
Length | 14.5 cm |
Width | 10.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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