Deteriorated rifle buttstock

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Cultural Narrative: 

This buttstock is the back portion of a rifle that usually sits on one's shoulder. One can see the deterioration of this wooden buttstock due to exposure to the weather elements. Evidence suggests this fragment was picked up at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear Paw) in the early twentieth century. c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of the Bear Paw) was the final battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877 and was fought from September 30 - October 5, 1877. It is undetermined when this rifle was produced or which company produced it.

The deteriorated rifle buttstock is located in the bottom left of the photograph and is cataloged as 1986.2.35. Above the deteriorated rifle buttstock is L.V. McWhorter's wooden pipe stem (1986.2.112b) and to the right is piyopyóotálikt (Peo Peo Tholekt's) drinking cup (1986.2.75).

Community: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Wars/Military/Conflict
Collections: 
Lucullus V. McWhorter
Original Date: 
1877
Creator: 
Specific creator unknown
Rights: 
In Copyright. Washington State University Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections makes this photo freely available for use. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/.
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Source: 
The artifact is at the Museum of Anthropology, WSU, Pullman. The original slide is in UA 261, WSU Museum of Anthropology: Lucullus McWhorter Collection Administrative Records, circa 1959-1999 at Washington State University Libraries' MASC.
Identifier: 
1986.2.35_2006
Subject: 
Rifles, Campaigns & battles, Weapons, Nimíipuu, Nez Perce
Type: 
Physical object
Format: 
JPG