Wa-tis-te-me-ha, Cayuse Indian

Title: Wa-tis-te-me-ha, Cayuse Indian
LC Subject: Wa-tis-te-me-ha Indians of North America Cayuse Indians Men props (object genres) Blankets Fences Hairstyles Jewelry Necklaces Necklace, Loop Beads Beaded Coats Coat, Jacket Coat, Buckskin Leather Leather garments shirts (main garments) Shirt, Cloth outdoor photographs studio portraits
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: PH036_4549
Tribal Title: Wa-tis-te-me-he, Cayuse
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American man, identified as Wa-tis-te-me-he of the Cayuse Tribe, is stading in front of a blanket backdrop. He has long grey hair, that hangs down over his shoulders, and is wearing several beaded loop necklaces. He is wearing a suede leather coat that has buttons. The jacket has long fringe around the upper arms and along the back of the sleeves and has short fringe around the collar, the cuffs, the hem, and the placket. Some of the fringe areas have beads. The man is also wearing a cloth shirt and has a blanket wrapped around his waist. The blanket backdrop is set up in front of a lattice fence.
Condition Of Source: retouching; silver mirroring; broken plate
Tribal Notes: Outside photograph of a man standing in front of a blanket backdrop that is in front of a fence he is also standing on a Pendleton blanket and is dressed in a buckskin coat with fringes on both sleeves, he is wearing a blanket draped from his waist down
Ethnographic Term: fringe
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Person; Regalia
Tribal Terms: Man; Necklace, Loop; Coat, Buckskin; Blanket, Pendleton; Shirt, Cloth; Back Drop; Fence
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4549
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 183
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