Weasel Skin Amulet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1936
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1936
name: label: Collector
content: John G. Carter
label: Donor Name
content: John G. Carter
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Used by the Shoshone Indians of the Fort Washakie Agency in the Sun Dance ceremony. Decorated with shell and glass beads. Acquired in July, 1936. Used by the eastern Shoshone Indians. The dancer in the Sun Dance wears it suspended by a string around his neck, the weasel skin hanging down in front, over his chest. It was observed that these ornaments were generally discarded on the last day of the dance, although a few of the dancers still wore theirs."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Washakie Agency, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shoshone
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 140734
label: USNM Number
content: E378091-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Charm