Made of beadwork; beaded openwork diamonds with loops at base in varicolored glass seed beads; fragmentary condition; mounted on gauze over styrofoam. Presently in 3 somewhat separate pieces.
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Wind River Reservation, Wind River, Wind River County
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation
Culture or time period:
Eastern Shoshone
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
November 16, 1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Collars (neckwear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 13.5 centimeters and width 33 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: "Loose threads secured with acorn glue to prevent further loss of beads; mounted on gauze over styrofoam. G. Brown/Kathryn Crabtree