Rating |
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Title |
Miscellaneous Nez Perce Relics |
Subject |
Indians of North America Fishing Stonework Pipes (Smoking) Arms & armament Arrowheads Hunting |
Object 1 |
Stone Sinkers |
Provenance (1) |
These six small rock sinkers for fish seine were picked up by L.V. McWhorter at the mouth of Clearwater River. |
Materials (1) |
stone. |
Identifier (1) |
1986.2.50 to 55 |
Present Location (1) |
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. |
Object 2 |
Five Arrowheads |
Provenance (2) |
All five arrowheads were found at the site of Looking Glass village on the Clearwater River. |
Size (2) |
Length: Ranging from 2.3cm to 3.2cm, Width: Ranging from 1.4cm to 1.7cm |
Materials (2) |
(left to right) basonite, opal, jasper, argillite, chalcedony |
Identifier (2) |
(left to right) 1986.2.49, 1986.2.46, 1986.2.48, 1986.2.47, 1986.2.45 |
Present Location (2) |
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. |
Object 3 |
Obsidian Flake Scrapers |
Size (3) |
Length: 3.2cm |
Materials (3) |
obsidian |
Identifier (3) |
1986.2.57 |
Present Location (3) |
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. |
Object 4 |
Cube-Shaped Pipe |
Provenance (4) |
Pipe given to Frank Parker as he was departing with an important dispatch during the Nez Perce War, 1877. The donator was a half-blood Nez Perce, also a scout for General Howard. The pipe was "carried as a keepsake" by the scout. The beaded bone stem that originally accompanied it was lost. |
Size (4) |
Height: 3.5cm, Width: 2.5cm, Length: 3cm, Weight: 52g |
Materials (4) |
stone |
Identifier (4) |
1986.2.83 |
Present Location (4) |
Spalding National Historic Site, Idaho. |
Publisher |
Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights |
For permission to publish, please contact WSU Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (509)335-6691. This entity maintains intellectual rights for commercial use of any kind. |
Contributors |
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. |
Source |
L. V. McWhorter Native American Artifact Collection. |
Slide Source |
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. |
Digitization |
Color slides were scanned using a Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 as 4000dpi TIFFs, then were added to ContentDM as 72dpi JPEG files at the WSU Libraries. |
Date.Digital |
2006 |