Man's moccasins
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: Previous owner
content: 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
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph O. Evans (Joe S. Evans), Non-Indian, 1888-1961
label: Previous owner
content: Pauline Evans (Mrs. Joseph Evans), Non-Indian, 1888-1960
label: Possible owner
content: Sacajawea Museum
label: Previous owner
content: The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)
label: Seller
content: The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)
label: Seller agent
content: Dr. William L. Gannon (William Louis Gannon), Non-Indian, 1919-1985
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Idaho; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/9590
label: Barcode
content: 229590.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Man's moccasins
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, cotton thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 25 x 12 x 20 cm