Plateau (unknown group), Necklace, beads/silk/dentalium shells, c. mid-19th c. Note that this piece is from the Plateau (i.e. inland Washington + Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Nevada and Montana) -...

About Sioux man's dentalia shell choker and boys breastplate with brass and glass beads in shadowbox. Choker 15" x 1 1/2"Frame 13" x 6 1/2". Framed in walnut. Early and rare. Period: 19th century Origin: Sioux Size: 15" x 18".  Native American, Shell, Beaded, Choke, Necklace, Breatsplate, Sioux Indian, Beaded