Selmer "Balanced Action" tenor saxophone and mouthpiece with case owned by Jim Pepper

Date created
1938
Culture/People
Non-Indian; used by the Kaw (Kansa)
Artist/Maker
Henri Selmer Company, Paris
Previous owner
Jim Pepper (James Gilbert Pepper II/Hánga Ciyéta/Hun-gah chi-eta), Kaw (Kansa)/Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek), 1941-1992
Floy C. Pepper (Floy Childers/Floy Childers Pepper), Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek), 1917-2010
Suzanne M. Henry (Suzie Pepper Henry), Kaw (Kansa)/Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
James Pepper Henry (Jim Pepper Henry), Kaw (Kansa)/Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
Donor
Floy C. Pepper (Floy Childers/Floy Childers Pepper), Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek), 1917-2010
Suzanne M. Henry (Suzie Pepper Henry), Kaw (Kansa)/Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
James Pepper Henry (Jim Pepper Henry), Kaw (Kansa)/Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
Collection History
Formerly owned by jazz great Jim Pepper (Kaw/Oklahoma Muscogee, 1941-1992); inherited by his mother Floy Childers Pepper (Oklahoma Muscogee, 1917-2010) and his sister Suzanne (Suzie) Pepper Henry (Kaw/Oklahoma Muscogee); donated to NMAI in 2007 by Floy Childers Pepper, Suzie Pepper Henry, and Suzie's son James Pepper Henry (Kaw/Oklahoma Muscogee, NMAI staff member).
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Place
Paris; Ville-de-Paris Department; Île-de-France Region; France
See related items
Non-Indian
Kaw (Kansa)
Music and Sound
On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Rasmuson Theater, Music and Dance
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/6293
Barcode
266293.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Object Name
Selmer "Balanced Action" tenor saxophone and mouthpiece with case owned by Jim Pepper
Media/Materials
Brass, silver, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Hammered, cast, plated, soldered, engraved, mold-made, sewn, strung
Dimensions
78.6 x 26.7 x 15.6 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c903b331-1eeb-42b5-9c39-1aa29d94ad13
Record ID
NMAI_388858