PH036_4197 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- Title
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PH036_4197 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- LC Subject
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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
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PH036 / A82
- Repository
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University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
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Umatilla maiden
- Tribal Title
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Umatilla Maiden
- Photographer
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Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
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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
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fingerprints; scratching
- Tribal Notes
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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
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fringe
armbands
- Tribal Classes
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Outside Photograph
Person
Regalia
Buildings
Moorhouse Props
- Tribal Terms
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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
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1900/1910
- Identifier
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PH036_4197
- Rights
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No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
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Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
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Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
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168
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
- Primary Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
- Has Version
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Glass-plate negative
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Note
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Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
- Image Resolution
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125 dpi