PH036_4249 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4249 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Men Women Indian women Indians of North America props (object genres) Hairstyles Hats Cowboy hats chokers Euro-American clothing mantas Pendleton Pistols Holsters Belts (Clothing) Braids (Hairdressing) Clothing and dress Dress, Cloth Shawl, Pendleton Bag, Cornhusk cartridge belts Regalia Cayuse Indians indoor photographs McKay, Agnes Redhawk Davis Dixon
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Ku-Mas-Sag, Cayuse indian girl, in costume, with husband
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: An interior photograph of a Native American man and woman posing in front of a blanket backdrop. The man is sitting in a chair; the woman is standing to his left side. The man has his hair long and unbound and is wearing a cowboy hat. There is a choker around his neck. He is wearing a Euro-American style shirt and has a Pendleton Blanket wrapped around his waist. On top of the Pendleton Blanket is a white pistol handle in a tooled-leather holster on a leather belt with some bullets. The woman has her hair in braids and is wearing circular earrings. She is dressed in a geometric design wingdress with decorative ribbons on the front and is wearing a necklace. Her shoulders are wrapped in a Pendleton shawl. She has a beaded bracelet on her left wrist and rings on her right fingers; she is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. [Kumassag, Cayuse woman, in regalia. Seated man, probably her husband, has a pistol displayed. In Moorhouse studio.]
Condition Of Source: discoloration; surface contamination; scratching; fingerprints
Tribal Notes: An interior photograph of an unidentified man sitting in a chair and an unidentified woman standing to his right. He is wearing a shirt and has a Pendleton Blanket wrapped around his waist. On top of the Pendleton Blanket is a Pistol in a holster that is on a leather belt with some bullets on the belt. He is wearing wool leggings; you can only see the bottom of the leggings from under the blanket. He is also wearing a cowboy hat with a piece of ribbon for a tie to hold it onto his head. The woman is dressed up in a Wingdress and wrapped in a Pendleton Shawl. She is holding a cornhusk bag in her left hand. There is a white sheet for a backdrop and two sheets that can be seen. In the bottom left corner is the number "4249."
Tribal Classes: Interior Photograph People Weapon
Tribal Terms: Man Shirt, Cloth Leggings, Wool Pistol Belt, Ammunition Choker Cowboy Hat Wingdress Blanket, Pendleton Necklace Bag, Cornhusk Shawl, Pendleton
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_4249
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 167
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