Poker Jim, Chief of Round Up, Pendleton, OR.
- Title
- Poker Jim, Chief of Round Up, Pendleton, OR.
- LC Subject
- Indians of North America Headdresses Medals Men Indian beadwork Feathers, Eagle Fur Scabbards Clothing and dress Coat, Buckskin Ethnic costume Poker Jim studio portraits
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- Poker Jim, chief of Round-up Poker Jim, chief of the roundup. PH036_3723
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- A Native American man identified as Poker Jim, Chief of Round Up, sits in front of a backdrop. He wears traditional Native American clothing, including a buckskin coat and a headdress with feathers, furs, and other ornamentation. His eyes are closed and in his right hand he holds a medal with a likeness of a European American man in profile. In his left hand he holds an object, possibly a scabbard, that is made of buckskin and decorated with beadwork. Poker Jim, Chief of Roundup. [Seated studio portrait. Man wears traditional attire, and has medal around neck related to a historic encounter.]
- Tribal Notes
- An interior photograph of a tribal man dressed in regalia. He is identified as Poker Jim. He is wearing a Horned Headdress with a single trail of Eagle Feathers down his back, also has on a Beaded Buckskin Shirt. In his right hand he is holding an unidentified medal; on the front of the medal is a man's head. A beaded rifle scabbard is cradled in his left arm. Writing on the photograph, on the end of the rifle scabbard, is "Poker Jim Chief of the Round Up Pendleton Or." Writing saying "Major Moorhouse" appears under his hands.
- Tribal Classes
- Interior Photograph; Person; Regalia; Headdress;
- Tribal Terms
- Man; Headdress, Horned -Single Trail; Shirt, Beaded Buckskin; Ermines; Metal; Scabbard, Rifle; Pants; Fur; Backdrop, Painted;
- Location
- Pendleton >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1900/1910
- Identifier
- PH036_3723
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
- Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
- 149
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Extent
- 5.00 X 6.92 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
- 625 pixels
- Image Height
- 865 pixels
- Image Resolution
- 125 dpi
- Color Space
- 8 bit -- Greyscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2
