Tipi drawing

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Cultural Narrative: 

Tipi used by L.V. McWhorter when visiting piyopyóot’alikt (Chief Peo-Peo Tholekt). The painting on the tipi was done by the chief, and represents Sitting Bull presenting the peace pipe to him on his arrival in Sitting Bull's Canadian camp after escaping from the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountains battle). Images include two Native Americans, and a pony on either side of them. Also depicted is a long bow or spear.

Community: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Wars/Military/Conflict
Collections: 
Lucullus V. McWhorter
Original Date Description: 
This photograph was likely taken between 1900 and 1935.
Creator: 
McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil, 1860-1944
Rights: 
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the 1944 death of the creator. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/.
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Source: 
Is found in PC 85, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Identifier: 
pc085b02f22_135-73_82-027
Subject: 
Genre drawings, Figure drawings, Nez Perce
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPG