Princiss Som-Kin

Title: Princiss Som-Kin
LC Subject: Indians of North America Children Girls Walla Walla Indians Clothing and dress Shawls Blankets Scarves Beaded Necklaces chokers Earrings, Shell Braids (Hairdressing) Som-kin outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Som-Kin, Walla Walla Indian girl, in costume Som-kin, Walla Walla Indian girl, in costume.
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Native American girl, identified as Som-kin of the Walla-Walla tribe. She has braids and is wearing a native dress, shawl or blanket over the shoulders, scarf over lap, beaded necklaces, beaded choker, and shell earrings
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a woman identified by the photographer as "Princiss Som-kin". She is wearing a wingdress with a wool shawl over her shoulders and there is a scarf over her lap. She is sitting in front of a wool blanket backdrop. Leaning on the blanket in the bottom left side of the photograph is a board. The writing of "Princiss Som-kin" it is to the left of her head and the words "Major Moorhouse" are on the edge of wingdress by her left knee.
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Person; Regalia;
Tribal Terms: Woman; Wingdress; Shawl; Necklace; Belt, Leather-beaded; Scarf; Earrings; Backdrop, Blanket; Board;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4347
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: 8.04 X 9.96 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: 1005 pixels
Image Height: 1245 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2