Capt. Som-Kin
- Title
- Capt. Som-Kin
- LC Subject
- Uma-Som-Kin Men Indians of North America Hats Cowboy hats Shirt, Cloth shirts (main garments) Vests Coats Coat, Buckskin Scarves Badges Indian reservation police Pocket watches indoor photographs
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- PH036_4317 this is capt. Sumpkin.
- Tribal Title
- Capt.Som-Kin
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- An interior photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of a cloth or canvas backdrop. The photographer has identified the man as Som-Kin. He is wearing a flat-brimmed cowboy hat held in place with a braided string or cord tied under his chin. His hair is unbound. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which is a cloth or wool vest, a buckskin coat, with a scarf around his neck. The buckskin coat is fringed around the shoulders, end of sleeves, collar edge and coat seams. On the left side of the vest is a badge with the title, "US Indian Police." Attached to a vest button below the badge is a pocket watch chain.
- Condition Of Source
- surface contamination; scratching; fingerprints
- Tribal Notes
- An Interior photograph of an older man identified as Som-Kin by the photographer. He is wearing a buckskin coat, vest, shirt and a scarf around his neck. On the left side of the vest is a badge that has the words "US Indian Police". Just below the badge is a pocket watch on a chain. Writing on the photograph is "Capt. Som-Kin Moorhouse".
- Ethnographic Term
- fringe
- Tribal Classes
- Interior Photograph; Person; Clothing; Indian Police
- Tribal Terms
- Man; Coat, Buckskin; Vest, Cloth; Shirt, Cloth; Scarf; Badge; Hat; Back Drop; Watch, Pocket
- Date
- 1897/1920
- Identifier
- PH036_4317
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
- Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
- 172
- 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
