Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe

Title: Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe
LC Subject: Uma-Som-Kin, Mrs. Indians of North America Indian women Women Indian children Children Infants Cayuse Indians Blankets mantas Pendleton Clothing and dress Textile fabrics Dress, Cloth Dress, Trade Cloth Braids (Hairdressing) Beaded chokers Rings Cradleboards Scarves studio portraits
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: PH036_4595 Wife of Uma-som-kin, Cayuse tribe, with infant in cradle
Tribal Title: Mrs. Uma-Som-Kin Cayuse Tribe
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American woman, identified as Mrs. Ume Somkin of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket backdrop, propping up a baby in a cradleboard in front of her. The woman is wearing a floral cloth dress over a solid cloth shirt or underlayer. The woman has two long braids, a beaded choker, and two rings. The woman and cradleboard are wrapped together in a fringed Pendleton blanket. The cradleboard has beaded and geometric designs. Only the child's face is visible, as the head is covered by the hood of the cradleboard and the neck is covered by a scarf.
Condition Of Source: scratching; discoloration;
Tribal Notes: An interior photograph of a woman holding a baby in a beaded cradle board. She is wearing a wingdress with a shawl over here shoulders and a blanket around her and the baby. Writing on the photogrpah is ""Mrs. Uma-Som-Kin Cayuse Tribe Major Moorhouse"" and
Ethnographic Term: fringe
Tribal Classes: People; Regalia; Interior Photograph
Tribal Terms: Woman; Wingdress; Blanket; Shawl; Baby; Cradleboard, Beaded--Geometric; Back Drop
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4595
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 185
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