Show 99 more

• • Thumbnail
  • Title
  • Subject
  • Description
  • Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Obsidian flake scrapers
  • Scrapers (Tools); Tools; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Flake scrapers were tools primarily used by Native American peoples, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), for working with animal hides, animal fur, or wood. These two flake scrapers were made from obsidian rock, are black in color, and are 3.2 cm...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Nez Perce Chief, Willy Andrews in front of trees
  • Beadwork; Andrews, Chief Willy; Red Star; Nez Perce
  • Portrait photograph of Chief Willy Andrews who is wearing a wool jacket that is fringed over his shirt, beaded necklace, and braided hair. The background is in an outdoor setting. Chief Willy Andrews also known as Red Star resided on the Colville...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Loynes, Charles N.
  • Military officers; Military uniforms; Portraits
  • Charles N. Loynes sits for a portrait. He was a Sergeant Co. I. and a member of Company K, Seventh US Infantry. He was also a Drum Major Regimental Band in Fort Snelling. Born July 1853 in Massachusetts, he was, according to note on photograph, one...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
• • 
    
    
  • piyopyóotálikt' (Chief Peo Peo Tholekt's) copper tweezers
  • Razors; Shaving; Equipment and supplies; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Documentation from L.V. McWhorter suggests these hair removal tweezers were made and used personally by piyopyóotálikt (Chief Peo Peo Tholekt). Additionally, L.V. McWhorter notes this pair of tweezers was likened to a "razor." The tweezers...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

• Select All Collections