Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Joseph S. Evans and his wife Pauline Evans, who collected items related to Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) history and culture from the 1930s until the early 1960s and operated the Sacajawea Museum in Spalding, Idaho; acquired by The Museum Shop (a business dealing in books and antiquarian items in Mabton, Washington) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from The Museum Shop in 1961.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- 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)
- Object Name
- Mortar
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide, stone
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
