Peo, Chief of the Umatilla's

Title: Peo, Chief of the Umatilla's
LC Subject: Peo, Chief Elijah Lowry Men Indians of North America Umatilla Indians props (object genres) Regalia mantas Pendleton Headdresses Bonnet, Single Trail Bonnets chokers Necklaces Necklace, Loop Bracelets Leggings, Buckskin Moccasins, Beaded-Geometric Rifles Bandoleer, Hairbone outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: PH036_4369 : Peo Chief of the Umatillas
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. He has been identified as Peo, and is dressed in regalia, standing on a Pendleton blanket. For his headdress, he is wearing a single trail bonnet. Around his neck, he is wearing a choker, two bear claw necklaces, and a loop necklace. He is bare-chested and exhibits what appear to be metal armbands and bracelets on both arms. He may be wearing a leather belt, over which is wrapped a decorative loincloth. He is also dressed in buckskin leggings and beaded moccasins. He is holding a rifle barrel in his left hand; the wooden rifle stock is decorated. There may be a hairbone bandoleer lying on a wooden walkway to the man's right side.
Condition Of Source: discoloration; fingerprints; surface contamination
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a man identified as Peo dressed in regalia standing in front of a Blanket backdrop. He is wearing a single trail bonnet, two necklaces with bear claws, loop necklace, buckskin legging. In his left hand he is holding a rifle. He is standing on a Pendleton Blanket. Laying on the wooden walk way to the man right is a Hairbone Bandoleer. The backdrop is a blanket that is on a wooden frame. The writing on the photograph is "Peo Chief of the Umatilla's Maj. Moorhouse" and in the left bottom is the numbers "4369".
Ethnographic Term: armbands
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Person; Weapon; Headdress; Buildings; Moorhouse Props
Tribal Terms: Man; Bonnet, Single Trail; Choker; Necklace, Loop; Necklace; Arm Bands, Brass; Rifle; Leggings, Buckskin; Moccasins, Beaded 14Geometric; Blanket, Pendleton; Bandoleer, Hairbone; Wood; Trees; Scarf; Side Drops, Leather Brass Tacks; Bracelet;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4369
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 174
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