Object Details
Culture/People
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
Previous owner
Chief Peo Peo Tholekt (Peopeotahlikt/Peo Peo T'olikt/Peo-Peo-Ta-Lakt/George Peo-peo-tah-likt/Bird Alighting), Niimíipuu (Nez Perce), 1857-1935
Joseph O. Evans (Joe S. Evans), Non-Indian, 1888-1961
Pauline Evans (Mrs. Joseph Evans), Non-Indian, 1888-1960
Possible owner
Sacajawea Museum
Previous owner
The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)
Seller
The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)
Seller agent
Dr. William L. Gannon (William Louis Gannon), Non-Indian, 1919-1985
Collection History
Said to have been owned by Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) chief Peo Peo Tholekt (Peopeotahlikt, 1857-1935); formerly in the collection of Joseph O. Evans (Joe S. Evans, 1888-1961) and his wife Pauline Evans (1888-1960), who collected items related to Niimíipuu history and culture from the 1930s onward and operated the Sacajawea Museum in Spalding, Idaho; acquired by The Museum Shop, a book and antique shop in Mabton, Washington, owned by William L. Gannon (1919-1985), at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from The Museum Shop in 1961.
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Date created
circa 1880
Catalog Number
22/9590
Barcode
229590.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
Object Name
Man's moccasins
Media/Materials
Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, cotton thread
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
Dimensions
25 x 12 x 20 cm
Place
Idaho; USA
See related items
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_244315