PH036_4197 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4197 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Women Indian women props (object genres) mats (floor coverings) Blankets mantas Pendleton Clothing and dress Dress, Buckskin Beads Beaded Necklaces chokers Bracelets Braids (Hairdressing) Belts (Clothing) Belt, Beaded Bag, Beaded Leggings, Women's Moccasins Hat, Cornhusk Regalia outdoor photographs Coyote, Ruth
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Umatilla maiden
Tribal Title: Umatilla Maiden
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: An outside photograph of a Native American woman posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote. She is standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat that is lying on a Pendleton blanket. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. She has her hair in braids and is wearing a cornhusk hat with a "v-shaped" geometric design. She is dressed in a fringed, short-sleeved, beaded buckskin dress. Beads are attached to the fringes on her shirtsleeves, knee and hem areas. There are rows of decorative beads that extend from her shoulders down the front of her dress. She is wearing a necklace and a choker. She has bracelets on both arms and an armband showing on her right arm. She has a beaded belt that has a square geometric design. She is holding a beaded bag in her right hand that has the design of a deer. From under her dress can be seen leggings and beaded moccasins. Umatilla Maiden [Ruth Coyote, Cayuse woman. She wears a beaded buckskin dress with dangles, bear claw necklace, cornhusk hat, beaded moccasins, and holds bag with deer design. Moorhouse yard.]
Condition Of Source: fingerprints; scratching
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a young woman who is standing, identified as Ruth Coyote. She is dressed up in regalia standing in front of a blanket backdrop. She is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with a cornhusk hat on her head. She is holding a beaded bag in her right hand. She is standing on a coiled Cedar Root Mat which is on a Pendleton blanket. Behind her is another blanket that is on a wooden frame for a backdrop. To the right of her is a wooden walkway, and in the background is a building. Writing on the photograph is "Umatilla Maiden Maj. Moorhouse." The numbers in the bottom left corner are "4187."
Ethnographic Term: fringe armbands
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph Person Regalia Buildings Moorhouse Props
Tribal Terms: Woman Dress, Buckskin--Beaded Belt, Leather--Beaded Necklace Bag, Beaded Leggings, Woman Mat, Coiled Ceder Root Blanket, Pendleton Wood Choker Trees Moccasins, Beaded--Floral
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_4197
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 168
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