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  • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') tim’úuni (bow)
  • Bow and arrow; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Bow and arrow making; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This tim’úuni (bow) 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)...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Horsehair neckpiece/collar or watch chain
  • Clothing and dress; Neckwear; Collars; Weaving; Braid; Clocks and watches; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This item is possibly a neckpiece/collar or watch chain. As a neckpiece or collar, the item is separate from a sám’x (shirt) and would have been worn around the neck outside of the sám’x (shirt) as an additional adornment. As a watch chain, this...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and his wife at their home
  • Yellow Wolf; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and his wife sitting in a wagon outside their home. This photograph was likely taken between 1905 and 1935.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), 1915
  • Yellow Wolf; Nez Perce
  • Photo of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) taken outside, with ten-gallon hat and western dress.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • 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,...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Outdoor Photo of Daniel Webster or Black Eagle.
  • Warriors; Costume & adornment; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Black Eagle; Webster, Daniel; Bearpaw Battlefiled; Sitting Bull; Nez Perce
  • He is standing outside in the center of the photograph, wearing an eye patch. There are two unidentified men standing on either side of him. Black Eagle was a young warrior at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle of Bear Paw) and escaped taking refuge...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Smartlowit Family
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Children; Indian women
  • Photograph of Smarlowit children outside with their dog. Two infants are sitting on a blanket while two older siblings are standing in the background. From the back of photograph, "Smartlowit Family - Yakimas."
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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