PH036_6341 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_6341 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Indians of North America Clothing and dress Arrows Belts (Clothing) Blankets Books Braids (Hairdressing) Camps Indian children Children Dwellings Daughters Dress, Cloth Dress, Trade Cloth Earrings Indian encampments Ethnic costume Euro-American clothing Families Girls Graminaceae Meadows Human beings Hair ornaments Hairstyles Headbands (Headgear) Mountains Indian women Men Necklaces Necklace, Loop Parents Shirt, Cloth shirts (main garments) Trees Underdress, cloth Tipis stereographs outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Man, woman, child in front of tipi
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American man, woman, and young girl stand in front of a tipi in a meadow of tall grasses in this stereographic photo. Spread out at their feet lie a couple of striped blankets. The child wears a dress of calico or printed cotton, and a necklace. The woman wears a long dark cloth dress with a light-coloured underdress or shirt beneath it. Around her waist is a belt. She holds a piece of cloth or hide in her left hand. She wears earrings, and her long braids hang down in front of her. The man's hair is pulled behind him. He wears earrings and some kind of hair ties or ornaments, as well as necklaces, one a choker. He wears a cloth shirt over a plaid blanket resembling a kilt, and a belt with a pouch. In his right hand he holds a book or box. In his left hand he holds the tip of an arrow, which has a light-colored feather. He seems to be clasping a bag to his left side with his arm. To the right of the tipi is a leafless tree. In the background, a low hill rises.
Condition Of Source: scratching;;
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a family in their regalia next to a Tule mat tipi. A man and a woman are standing next to each other and the child is standing in front of the couple. They are all standing on a wool blanket that is spread out for them. The Tule mat tipi has six layers of tules mats. There are four poles on the outside of the tipi to hold down the tule mats.
Ethnographic Term: hair bands
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph People Regalia Housing
Tribal Terms: Men Choker Necklace, Loop Shirt, Cloth Belt, Leather Beaded Hider, Blanket Legging, Wool Woman Necklace Dress, Wing Leather, Side Drop Scarf Girl Dress Blanket, Wool Tipi Tule Mat Poles Tree Brush
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_6341
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
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 Width: 875 pixels
Image Height: 621 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1