PH036_5129 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_5129 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Indians of North America Men studio photographs Yakama Indians
Local Collection ID: PH036
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A black-and-white photograph of a Native American man. In white ink near the bottom is written Yakima Moorhouse. The man stands in front of a canvas backdrop on which is painted a leafy woodland scene. The canvas extends onto the floor and into the foreground of the photo; he is standing on it, and in front of him are two leaf-shaped stone arrowheads. The man's hair is pulled up and back from his face and into pigtails which are bound in fur hairwraps and extend nearly to his waist. A long quilled and beaded hair ornament hangs from the right side of his head; on the left side is an ornament of feathers. He wears shell disk earrings, a choker necklace, and loop necklaces, with a disk hanging from one of the loops. The collar of his long dark cloth shirt is turned down. Over the shirt he wears a wide beaded armband above the elbow on each arm. His open cloth vest is decorated or patterned, and it appears that a long ornament including hair, beads, and feathers is attached to the right shoulder. It hangs down to his knees. Under the vest but over the shirt he seems to be wearing a leather belt decorated with brass tacks. Below that is an dark apron with geometrical decorations made with buttons or coins; the hem has a white zigzag edging with the points facing down. His dark leggings also have a lighter zigzag edging, but on them the points face up. There seem to be lighter strips of weaving or beading, as well as some braids, hanging loose from underneath the apron or the shirt and reaching to his ankles. The man wears moccasins beaded with a floral design. In his hands he holds a hatchet-style pipe with the blade facing down. The handle of the pipe has geometric designs on it, and a triangle of beading or weaving hanging off the end, itself fringed with long strips that hang to the ground. The fringe is decorated with a few small bells. On the floor at the left of the photo is a pile of blankets and other objects.
Condition Of Source: light discoloration; light emulsion flakinig; moderate scratching
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_5129
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 6.50 X 8.50 inches
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: glass plate negative;
Institution: University of Oregon
Image Resolution: 600 DPI
Color Space: 24 bit -- RGB -- sRGB IEC61966-2.1