PH036_4892 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4892 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Women Indian women Indian beadwork Blankets Headdresses Tomahawks Photographic studios Moccasins, Beaded-Floral mats (floor coverings) Leggings Bracelets Necklaces Medals Cornhusk Hat, Cornhusk Hats Braids (Hairdressing) Bow and arrow Arrows Bags Walla Walla Indians studio portraits Interior photograph Parr, Nellie
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Nellie Parr, Walla Walla Indian, in costume
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A young Native American woman identified as Nellie Parr, a Walla Walla woman, sits in a room in front of a backdrop made of a plain blanket draped over a rack. On the walls behind and to the right hang a jumble of feathered headdresses, tomahawks, and other items; it appears she is in a photographer's studio. The woman wears beaded moccasins on her feet, which are resting on a small coiled cedar root mat. She wears leggings and a beaded buckskin dress, with beads in the fringe at calves, thighs, and arms. On her arms are metal bracelets, and around her neck are hung a number of necklaces including two that seem to be made of animal claws, long strings of beads, and a necklace with a medal. She wears a cornhusk basket hat with geometric designs and feathers on one side over her braided hair. She holds a bow and arrows with her right hand; the bottom of the bow rests on the mat. Her left hand is closed over the handle of a bag. Covering the object on which she sits is a blanket with bold geometric designs. A striped blanket can be seen tossed over something in the bottom right of the photograph. [Nellie Parr, Walla Walla woman, wearing beaded buckskin dress, leggings, moccasins, cornhusk hat, necklaces. She holds a bow and rests feet on cedar mat. In Moorhouse studio; curio collection visible on wall.]
Condition Of Source: fingerprints; scratching; surface contamination; discoloration; possibly softening
Tribal Notes: Interior photograph of a woman sitting on a Pendleton Blanket in front of a back drop, she is dressed in a beaded buckskin dress she has what appears to be long strands of beads draped over her and her right hand is clenched arround a bow and arrows she
Ethnographic Term: fringe
Tribal Classes: Interior Photograph Woman Regalia
Tribal Terms: Woman Hat, Cornhusk Necklace Dress, Buckskin Leggings, Buckskin--Beaded--Geometric Blanket, Pendleton Moccasins, Beaded--Floral Bow Arrow Cradleboard, Beaded--Floral Ornaments, Women's Breastplate, Hairbone Hair Ties Feathers Bridle
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_4892
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 198
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