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  • sám’x (shirt)
  • Clothing and dress; Shirts; Cotton textiles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This sám’x (shirt) is representative of a transitional period regarding clothing in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) culture during the late 1800s. Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) clothing, including sám’x (shirts), were traditionally made by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) from...
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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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  • Pole Bridge
  • Historic Sites--Montana; Landscape photographs; Pole Bridge; Big Hole Battlefield; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Pole Bridge used to cross the 'ickum'kiléelixpe (Big Hole) River. On verso of photograph: "The old "Pole" bridge, Big hole battlefield. The old trail crosses the river at the "x" on margin of the photograph and it was only a few yards...
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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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  • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) calendar string
  • Calendars; Beads; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Penahwenonmi (Helping Another) made this "calendar string" to act as a daily calendar and record personal events in her life. This string itself was made by hand from wild hemp and wrapped with a buckskin strap to keep the calendar bundle...
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  • ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) village sketch map [1877], 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Yellow Wolf; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color map, 29 x 22 cm. Drawn by 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds or Sam Lott) and L. V. McWhorter when on the ground with hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), 1927. Thick blue is the north fork of the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole...
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  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) combat / Capture of cannon at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) [1877], ca. 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Tholekt, Peo Peo; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color document, 56 x 43 cm. At the top is a combat between piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battle). At the bottom is the capture of a cannon from U.S....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of Big Hole) / Nez Perce Camp [1877], 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Tholekt, Peo Peo; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color document, 55 x 43 cm. Pictographs drawn by piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) for L.V. McWhorter. Top are elements of the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of Big Hole), on August 9, 1877. Lower, rotated 180 degrees, is the Nez...
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