Cayuse Tribe

Title: Cayuse Tribe
LC Subject: Indians of North America Children Girls Clothing and dress Necklaces Earrings Bags Shawls Cayuse Indians Bag, Beaded--Geometric outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Cayuse Indian children in costume
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Two Cayuse Indian girls wearing necklaces, earrings, shawls, and plain moccasins sit in front of a large tree trunk. One girl sits with a cornhusk bag with a geometric motif displayed prominently on her lap.
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of two children dressed in their regalia sitting in front of a big Cottonwood tree. They both are wearing wing dresses and shawls. The girl on the left side of the photograph has a Cornhusk bag on her lap. The background is all brush and trees without any leaves. Writing on the photograph is "Cayuse Tribe Maj. Moorhouse"
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Children; Regalia;
Tribal Terms: Girls; Wing Dresses; Necklace; Earring; Belt, Leather-Beaded; Moccasins; Bag, Cornhusk; Brush; Tree;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4211
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 7.02 X 5.06 inches
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 Width: 878 pixels
Image Height: 632 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2