PH036_4358 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_4358 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Indians of North America Tipis Dwellings Camps Men Clothing and dress Headbands (Headgear) Shirt, Buckskin shirts (main garments) Tomahawks Axes Fur chokers Jewelry Necklaces Knives Scabbards Braids (Hairdressing) Breechcloths Feathers Walla Walla Indians Bennett, Joe outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Joe Bennet, Walla Walla Indian Joe Bennett, Walla Walla Indian in costume in front of tipi.
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American man identified as Joe Bennett of the Walla Walla tribe stands in traditional Native American clothing near a tipi. He wears a buckskin shirt with fringe, a headband with an eagle feather, a choker, necklaces, and a breechcloth with a geometric motif. He holds a tomahawk and a fur and has a knife in a scabbard tucked in his belt. The man wears his hair in braids.
Condition Of Source: flaking
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a man standing to the side of a three-layer tule mat tipi. He is wearing a headband with claws on the band, and with single eagle feather in the back of his head. A buckskin coat with a leather belt is holding the coat closed. A knife and scabbard are on the belt on his left side. A loop necklace and choker and a wool blanket are around his waist to his feet. On his right arm is two coyote pelts, and in his left hand is a hatchet style pipe. The Tule mat tipi is three layers high with three poles on the outside of the mats to hold them down. The door is made of a blanket with two wooden sticks. Behind the tipi are unidentified objects on the ground next to the tipi. All around the back of the tipi are cottonwood trees and brush. Writing on the photograph is under the tipi and to the left of the man knee. "Joe Benett Walla Walla Tribe, Major Moorhouse."
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Person; Regalia; Housing;
Tribal Terms: Man; Headband; Feather, Eagle; Choker; Necklace, Loop; Coat, Buckskin; Belt, Leather; Scabbard, Knife; Pelt, Coyote; Blanket, Wool; Pipe, Hatchet Style; Tule Mat; Tipi; Poles; Trees;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4358
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: 8.06 X 10.00 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: 704 pixels
Image Height: 875 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1