Evergreen Studio Native American Collection Chief Joseph Nez Perce by Mayflower

Vintage pewter bust of Chief Joseph, part of the Native American Collection at Evergreen Studios by Mayflower, in Great Britain.   It measures approximately 4" high, 3" wide and about 2 1/2" deep.  Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century.