Portrait of a younger piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt)

Cultural Narrative:

piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) is posing for portrait wearing a dark shirt and necklace. Arm bands of fur are wrapped around his arms. In the Nez Perce Wars of 1877, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt, George Peo, or Bird Alighting) served under ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Chief Looking-Glass). During the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battle), Tholekt assisted in capturing and dismantling a howitzer.

Community:

Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]

Protocol:

Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access

Category:

Wars/Military/Conflict

Collections:

Lucullus V. McWhorter

Original Date:

1880

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:

pc085b02f21_1.jpg

Subject:

Chiefs, Beadwork, Tholekt, Chief Peo Peo, Peo, George, Nez Perce

Type:

Image

Format:

JPG


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Portrait of a younger piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt)

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