PH036_4149 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4149 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Indians of North America Men Chief Saponowox indoor studio portraits
Local Collection ID: PH036
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: 354
Creator: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Photographer: Rutter, Thomas H.
Description: A balck-and-white photograph of three men. The inscription at the bottom in white ink reads Yakima Chief Saponowox and sons. No. 354. Moorhouse. Chief Saponowox sits between the two younger men, who are standing. The chief wears a broad-brimmed felt hat with a feather standing upright at the front of the hatband. More feathers hang down from the back of the hat. His arms are crossed on his lap; with his right hand he holds a feather up to the left side of his face. His long unbound hair hangs over his chest. He is wearing a white cloth under-shirt and appears to also be wearing a dark one; over all is a dark cloth shirt or jacket. What looks like a rabbit's foot hangs from a thong around his neck. His legs are covered by a patterned blanket but he appears to be wearing pants or leggings and to be barefoot or just wearing socks. The man on the left of the photo wears a furred and feathered hat. His long unbound hair hangs nearly to his waist. He appears to be wearing a choker of white beads or shells around his neck. A short bandoleer which appears to have the furry paw of a small animal attached, and a necklace with ermine and other ornaments, are hung over his dark cloth smock-like shirt, which has a lighter pattern in it which resembles snowflakes. It looks as though his left arm is missing, but it may be behind his back; in his right hand he holds at waist-level a stick from which eagle feathers depend. His cloth leggings are partly obscured by an apron of fringed tartan which hangs from below his smock to halfway below his knees. He appears to be wearing moccasins or dark socks. The man on the right has his hair pulled back from his forehead. He stands with his arms crossed underneath a long feather stole. White feathers hang from the end of the stole. Eagle feathers frame his face, and he has a large eagle feather tucked under his left arm. He wears a striped shirt and has a patterned blanket falling from his waist to the ground, hiding his legs and feet. The men appear to be standing on a carpet which has been covered with straw or some typed of dried vegetation.
Condition Of Source: discoloration; light emulsion flaking
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_4149
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 4.25 X 6.50 inches
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: glass plate negative;
Finding Aid: http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv83154
Institution: University of Oregon
Image Resolution: 600 DPI
Color Space: 24 bit -- RGB -- sRGB IEC61966-2.1