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    • Metis xe’xépil (half-leggings)

    • Clothing & dress; Bead embroidery; Leather garments; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • The term "Metis half-leggings" originated in the mid-1800s when indigenous employees of fur trading companies wore xe’xépil (leggings) below the knee to protect expensive cloth trousers from wear. The Metis are an indigenous Canadian people,...
    • Stone sinkers

    • Fishing; Rocks; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • These six small rocks are called "stone sinkers." Native American peoples who engaged in fishing, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), would often used stone sinkers to weigh down and hold fishing nets in place. The stone sinkers are identifiable...
    • 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...
    • L.V. McWhorter's bead and bear claw necklace

    • Necklaces; Jewelry; Jewelry making; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This necklace was assembled by L.V. McWhorter in the style of Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) jewelry. McWhorter most likely learned how to craft the necklace and which specific materials to use from Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) members he met. This specific...
    • Kamiakin, Chief of Yakamas

    • Yakama Indians; Kamiakin, Chief; Indians of North America; Wehn, James A.
    • Photograph of a bronze medallion depicting Chief Kamiakin with the inscription, "Kamiakin, Chief of the Yakamas" below. This photo is pasted on the front of brown matting. A letter produced by James Wehn describes the medallion. The Medallion was...
    • Horsehair hat band

    • Clothing and dress; Hats; Weaving; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • A hat band is usually make of some kind of fabric, leather, or ribbon and is worn as part of a hat, surrounding the hat just about the brim. This specific hat band is made from black/dark brown horsehair and has three silver pieces attached,...
    • Cube-shaped pipe

    • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This cube-shaped pipe is made from stone and records from L.V. McWhorter indicate it was given to Frank Parker, a U.S. Army associate scout and war correspondent during the Nez Perce War of 1877, as he was departing with an important dispatch...
    • L.V. McWhorter's wooden pipe stem

    • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes; Ceremonial objects; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This is the wooden pipe stem for L. V. McWhorter's ceremonial pipe. L.V. McWhorter's ceremonial pipe is also part of the L.V. McWhorter Artifact Collection and is cataloged as 1986.2.112a. Evidence suggests that Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) members made...
    • Mourning Dove

    • Indians of North America; Indian authors; Mourning Dove, 1888-1936; Indian women; Colville Indians; Quintasket, Christine
    • Studio Portrait of Mourning Dove, a Colville tribal member wearing Native American attire. A long necklace has been draped over her neck and hangs below her knees. Mourning Dove, also known as Christine Quintasket, Hum-ishu-ma, and other names, is...
    • Mourning Dove

    • Mourning Dove, 1888-1936; Colville Indians; Indian women; Indian authors; Quintasket, Christine
    • Studio portrait of Mourning Dove, a Colville tribal member sitting in front of a neutral background. She is wearing a traditional Native American dress and necklace which hangs below her knees. She is one of the first Native American woman authors....
    • Studio portrait of Mourning  Dove

    • Mourning Dove, 1888-1936; Colville Indians; Indian women; Indian authors; Quintasket, Christine
    • Studio portrait of Mourning Dove, a Colville tribal member who is sitting in front of a neutral background. She is wearing a traditional Native American dress and a necklace which hangs below her knees. The edges of the image are worn probably due...
    • Bannock brown slate pipe

    • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes
    • This pipe is made from brown colored slate with a metal band around the bottom of the pipe. There isn't an associated pipe stem with this pipe. Though the exact time period the pipe was created or who created it is unknown, it was most likely...
    • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') unfinished arrows

    • Arrows; Bow and arrow; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Bow and arrow making; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • These five arrows belonged to páaxat'ipéetehemkt (Five Fogs), a Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior who fought in the Nez Perce War of 1877, including the significant battle, ' ickum'kiléelixpe (The Battle of the Big Hole). páaxat'ipéetehemkt (Five Fogs)...
    • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) fleshing tool handle

    • Scrapers (Tools); Tanning; Hides and skins; Leather; Buckskin; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This fleshing tool was used to dress and remove the skins and hides from hunted animals and as a tanning implement to treat the skins/hides for use as buckskin/leather. The buckskin could then be used for various purposes, such as clothing, bags,...

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