Chief No Shirt and wife—Walla Walla Tribe
- Title
- Chief No Shirt and wife—Walla Walla Tribe
- LC Subject
- Chief No-Shirt Men Women Indians of North America Indian women Regalia Horses Horse Trappings Horse blankets Horse Gear Animals Braids (Hairdressing) Hats Clothing and dress Dress, Buckskin Shawls Bag, Cornhusk Saddle blankets Headdresses Headdress, Horned chokers Bandoleer, Fur Martingale Tipis outdoor photographs
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- PH036_4432 No Shirt and wife, on horseback
- Tribal Title
- Chief No Shirt and Wife
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- An outside photograph of a Native American man and woman, dressed in regalia, each sitting on a horse, in front of several tipis. They have been identified as No Shirt and No Shirt's wife. No Shirt's wife has her hair in braids and is wearing a hat. She is attired in a beaded buckskin dress and has a shawl over her lap. The shawl may be a Pendleton shawl. She is holding her horse reins and a cornhusk bag in her left hand, with her right hand resting on the bag. She is sitting on two saddle blankets. Her horse's coat is spotted. For his headdress, No Shirt is wearing a single trail bonnet with a set of horns on the bonnet and ermines that hang over his shoulders. He is wearing a choker around his neck and a fur bandoleer across his chest. He is holding horse reins in his left hand, and an unidentifiable object tipped with feathers in his right hand. His horse has a dark coat and is wearing what has been identified as a beaded martingale. In the photograph's background can be seen several tipis, the silhouette of other horses, and a rising hillside.
- Condition Of Source
- scratching; fingerprints; discoloration
- Tribal Notes
- An outside photograph of a man and a woman dressed in their regalia sitting on horses in front of some tipis. She is identified as No Shirt's wife and is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with a shawl. She carries a corn husk bag. He is identified as No Shirt and is wearing a single trail bonnet with a set of horns on the bonnet, fur bandoleer. His horse is wearing a beaded martingale. In the background are five tipis. Writing on the photograph is "Chief No Shirt and Wife Walla Walla Tribe Maj. Moorhouse" and the number in the bottom left corner is "4432".
- Tribal Classes
- Outside Photograph; People; Animal; Housing; Regalia
- Tribal Terms
- Woman; Dress, Buckskin--Beaded; Shawl; Bag, Cornhusk; Scarf; Reins; Horse; Saddle; Man; Bonnet, Single Trail; Bandoleer, Fur; Shirt, Cloth; Necklace, Loop; Martingale, Beaded--Geometric; Fur; Blanket; Feathers; Tipi
- Date
- 1897/1920
- Identifier
- PH036_4432
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
- Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
- 177
- 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
