PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Coyote, Ruth Women Indian women Cayuse Indians Fur--Hair Wraps Hats Hat, Cornhusk mantas Pendleton props (object genres) Regalia Hair ornaments Braids (Hairdressing) Earrings chokers Dress, Buckskin Bracelets Bag, Cornhusk Indian beadwork outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Ruth Coyote, Cayuse indian, in costume
Tribal Title: Ruth Coyote Cayuse Tribe
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: An outside photograph of a Native American woman sitting in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in regalia, and is sitting on a stool or chair over which has been draped a Pendleton blanket. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a v-shaped geometrical design. Her hair is in braids, tipped with fur wraps. She is wearing large, circular earrings and a neck choker with long decorative bead strands hanging down the front. She is dressed in an old-style, deer-tail, beaded buckskin dress. The dress has a highly decorative bodice with fringe at the sleeve ends, side seams, and hemline. She has bracelets on both of her wrists; her left wrist has two wide-band (possibly metal) bracelets and her right wrist exhibits approximately eight smaller ones. On her lap she holds a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. Visible under her skirt can be seen either leggings, cuffed with a beaded floral design, or moccasins with a beaded floral design. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway.
Condition Of Source: scratching; discoloration
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a woman identified as Ruth Coyote in regalia sitting in front of a blanket back drop. She is wearing an old style deer tail beaded buckskin dress. On her lap is a Corn husk bag, she is also wearing a cornhusk hat. She is sitting on a Pendleton Blanket. To her right is wooden walk way. Writing on the photograph is "Ruth Coyote Cayuse Tribe Maj. Moorhouse" and the number in the left bottom corner is "4390".
Ethnographic Term: fringe
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Person; Regalia; Buildings; Moorhouse Props
Tribal Terms: Woman; Dress, Buckskin--Old Style Deer Tail, Beaded; Necklace; Belt, Leather--Beaded; Bag, Cornhusk; Leggings, Cloth--Beaded--Floral; Moccasins, Plain; Blanket, Pendleton; Back Drop; Wood
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4390
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 175
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