Camp of Billy Barnhart, Umatilla Indian, on Umatilla river, 1903

Title: Camp of Billy Barnhart, Umatilla Indian, on Umatilla river, 1903
LC Subject: Barnhart, Billy Mountains Camp sites, facilities, etc Camps Wagons Canvas Textile fabrics Tipis Women Indian women Indians of North America Human beings Indian encampments Blankets Clothing and dress Dress, Trade Cloth Dwellings Braids (Hairdressing) Jewelry Bowls (Tableware) Umatilla Indians Rivers mantas Pendleton Dress, Cloth Earrings, Shell Landscapes Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) Buckskin Bags Bag, Storage Eels Fish drying Food drying Eels--Drying outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Tribal Title: Drying Eels
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A view of what has been identified as the camp of Billy Barnhart, on the bluffs above the Umatilla river. To the left can be seen a wagon draped with canvas or cloth. In the center of the photo stands a tipi supported by its wooden poles. In the right foreground stand two women at either end of a fish drying rack made of wooden poles. The rack is a little above the head height of the women and is covered with eels hung up to dry. A similar rack seems to be just visible on the extreme left of the picture. Both women are wrapped in blankets. The woman on the left has a plaid blanket, and is wearing a dark patterned cloth dress. Her hair is in braids, and a disc earring or hair ornament is visible. Her left hand is lifted and she is holding an object. On the ground near her feet is a white enamel bowl. To the left of the bowl is an object made of buckskin, possibly a large bag or pouch for toting the fish. The woman on the right wears a blanket patterned with stripes and ovals over a dark patterned cloth dress. Her dark hair also hangs in long braids. The Umatilla river winds through the middle of the picture, and the distant shore with its low trees rises up gently, while in the distance mountains are visible.
Condition Of Source: surface contamination; scratching
Location: Umatilla River >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1903
Identifier: PH036_5609
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916 Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: Glass-plate negative
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Image Resolution: 125 dpi