PH036_5031 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_5031 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Tipis Indian women Indians of North America Cayuse Indians mats (floor coverings) Medals Snow Shells Shell jewelry Ladders Doors & doorways Hairstyles Braids (Hairdressing) Necklaces chokers Earrings Earrings, Shell Clothing and dress Dress, Cloth Dress, Cloth--Beaded Indian beadwork underdresses Underdress, cloth Belts (Clothing) Belt, Beaded Blankets Bag, Beaded--Geometric Bag, Beaded Bags outdoor photographs Black Hawk, Mrs.
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Mrs. Blackhawk, Cayuse Indian, in costume, outside tipi, with collection of clothing and equipment
Tribal Title: Mrs. Black Hawk Cayuse Tribe 1901
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American woman identified as "Mrs. Black Hawk" of the Cayuse tribe stands in front of a tule reed mat tipi. There is snow on the ground and on parts of the tipi. Five poles are visible, and on the left side of the photograph is a wooden ladder made of poles and boards. The canvas entry of the tipi is tied back and the woman stands with her feet inside, slightly leaning out. Her long dark hair hangs below her waist in two braids; she wears a choker necklace, and a rounded earring is visible. She wears a long dark cloth wing dress with wide sections of lighter beading that run across the bodice and shoulders and onto the sleeves. A longer sleeve of floral material from a shirt or underdress is visible as she holds up her left hand. Around her waist is a wide beaded belt, and it looks like another beaded belt is hanging from it. In her left hand she holds a strip of material beaded in floral patterns and embellished with a strip of fur which has round medallions or shell discs sewn on at regular intervals. On her right side hangs a multicolored striped and fringed blanket; with her right hand she seems to be holding or pushing aside a dark bag or curtain trimmed with a light floral-patterned material. Propped against a low log or board at the entrance to the tipi are two flat bags beaded with geometric patterns. Under them, and taking up the left foreground of the photo, is a striped blanket.
Condition Of Source: fingerprints; scratching; surface contamination
Tribal Notes: Outside photograph of a woman wearing a cloth dress that has beadwork in geometric designs on the top front, near the neck and along the front shoulders. She is also wearing a florral pattern underdress. Along the top of her waist she is wearing a bead
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph Person Regalia Housing
Tribal Terms: Woman Dress, Cloth--Beaded Belt, Leather--Beaded Side Drops, Beaded Underdress, cloth Necklace Earrings, shell Blanket, Pendleton Blanket Strip, Beaded Fur Mirror Tacks, brass Bag, Cornhusk Tule Mat
Date: 1901
Identifier: PH036_5031
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