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    • 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...
    • Medicine Tree with Chiefs

    • Forest; Flathead Nation; Salish; Charlot, Martin; Vanderberg, Victor; Nez Perce
    • Site of the historical medicine tree in the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley. The historical medicine tree in the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley "The Flatheads, as well as the Nez Perces, paid homage to this tree, and left offerings when passing. Among the...
    • Parfleche

    • Parfleches; Pouches (Containers); Wallets; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This parfleche was used by many Native American peoples, including Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), for carrying personal items. The parfleche is very similar in style to a wallet in the way it folds. A key feature of parfleches is that they are made from...
    • 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...
    • 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,...
    • 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...
    • Splinter bone awl

    • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
    • Comb or berry picker/stripper

    • Combs; 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...
    • 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. ...
    • L.V. McWhorter's ceremonial pipe

    • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes; Ceremonial objects; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This ceremonial pipe was made by the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) and given to L. V. McWhorter. The pipe is made from catlinite, which is a type of argillite (sedimentary rock) that is reddish in color. Catlinite is commonly used by many Native American...
    • Cylindrical or cannon bone awl

    • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
    • 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...
    • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) replica tim’úuni (bow)

    • Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Subsistence hunting; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This specific tim’úuni (bow) is a replica of a tim’úuni (bow) Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) was carrying during the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle lamáta (The Battle of White Bird Canyon). lamáta (The Battle of White...
    • 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,...
    • 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...
    • Brass bullet mold

    • Bullets; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This bullet mold (1986.2.56) is made of brass and is used to form bullets. Led is poured into the specific "mold" to form individual bullets of the same shape, as needed. This specific bullet mold is 12.7 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width. This...
    • 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...

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