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  • 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) & Black Feather
  • Beadwork; Black Feather; Many Wounds, Chief; Lott, Sam; Jefferson, Green; Black Eagle; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Chiefs, 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) and Black Feather are wearing ceremonial dress which is decorated with intricate beadwork. Black Feather is wearing a headdress which is decorated with horns and feathers. This image appears to be...
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  • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) drinking cup
  • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This drinking cup was owned and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). Though drinking cups served everyday, practical uses, this particular drinking cup maintains important significance in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce)...
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  • Comb bag
  • Combs; Pouches (Containers); Bead embroidery; Embroidery; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This bag is considered a comb bag that Native American peoples, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), would use to carry hair combs and other personal items. This particular bag is made from pink cloth that is most likely commercial, trade cloth. ...
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  • Black Feather (Jefferson Greene) & 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds)
  • Black Feather; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Chiefs, Black Feather and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) are wearing ceremonial dress with beadwork decor. Black Feather, also called Black Eagle by hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), is wearing a headdress which is decorated with horns...
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  • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') quiver
  • Quivers (Archery); Containers; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This quiver 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). A quiver is a case primarily used to...
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  • Embroidered Plateau-style moccasins
  • Moccasins: Embroidery; Beadwork embroidery; Quillwork; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This pair of moccasins was made from buckskin, such as deer skin. Each individual moccasin is decorated on the front of the with either quillwork or beadwork in a floral pattern using white, blue, green, and red beads or dyed porcupine quills. ...
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  • Side profile of piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt)
  • Beadwork; Tholekt, Chief Peo Peo; Peo, George; Nez Perce
  • This image is a side-profile of the piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) wearing a wool coat, which is fringed along the shoulder. On the front of his chest, a star is pinned to his shirt. On verso of photograph, an unidentified source wrote "Chief...
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  • piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) on war pony (1911)
  • Beadwork; Tholekt, Chief Peo Peo; Tholekt, George; Nez Perce
  • piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) is riding a war pony while posing for a portrait. He is wearing a ceremonial dress and holding a decorated lance. In the Nez Perce Wars of 1877, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt, George Peo, or Bird Alighting)...
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  • Bannock engraved quirt
  • Riding whips; Handicraft; Leather goods
  • This quirt or horse whip is made from elk horn and decorated with the images of a deer and other animals. On both ends, the quirt is engraved with various patterns. The lash portion of the quirt is made from leather, with an additional rawhide...
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  • Bead embroidered comb or berry picker/stripper
  • Combs; Bead embroidery; Embroidery; Berries--Harvesting; Tools; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This item is either a personal hair comb or berry picker/stripper. Many Native American peoples, including Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), used berry strippers to more easily and quickly pick/strip berries from plants or vines. Though the specific person...
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