Token, made of brass. Obverse: "J. K. MOORE." "POST TRADER" "CAMP BROWN" "WYOMING" "TERRITORY" Reverse: "REDEEMABLE" "VALUE" "1.00" "IN MERCHANDISE
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Camp Brown, Wind River Reservation, Wind River
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation; Camp Brown
Culture or time period:
Arapaho and Shoshone
Maker or artist:
J. K. Moore
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
1875-1878
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Store cards
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1875-1878
Context of use:
Indian trading post token.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.76 grams and length 4 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Post Trader and Indian Trader Tokens" by J. K. Moore, Jr. in Annals of Wyoming, V. 27:2, Oct. 1955, publ. by Wyoming State Historical Society; fotocopy in acc. env.