Token, made of brass. Obverse: "J. K. MOORE" "POST" "TRADER" "FORT WASHAKIE, WYO." Reverse: "GOOD FOR" "25 [cent sign]" "IN TRADE
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Fort Washakie, Wind River Reservation, Wind River
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation; Fort Washakie
Culture or time period:
Arapaho and Shoshone
Maker or artist:
J. K. Moore
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
1878-1894
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Store cards
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1878-1894
Context of use:
Indian trading post token.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.76 grams and length 2.6 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.