Culture/People

Nimi'ipuu (Nez Perce)

Artist/Maker

Douglas Hyde, Nimi'ipuu (Nez Perce), b. 1946

Subject

Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain]/In Mut Too Yah Lat Lat), Niimíipuu (Nez Perce), 1840-1904

Donor

Adrienne Kay, Non-Indian

Dr. Jerome Harold Kay, Non-Indian, 1921-2015

Previous owner

Adrienne Kay, Non-Indian

Dr. Jerome Harold Kay, Non-Indian, 1921-2015

Object Name

Sculpture

Media/Materials

Bronze

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions

335.80 x 335.3 cm

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place

Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)

Date created

1998

Collection History

Gift of Dr. Jerome Harold Kay (1921-2015) and Adrienne Kay, 2000.

Catalog Number

25/5074

Barcode

255074.000

See related items

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Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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