PH036_6702 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title
PH036_6702 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject
Indians of North America Umatilla Indians Clothing and dress Regalia Headdresses Dwellings Tipis Horses Featherwork Trees outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Umatilla Indians(?) Native American on horseback
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
A group of Native American men, identified as members of the Umatilla tribe, ride horses along a row of trees and tipis. The men wear regalia, including feathered headdresses. In the background is a line of deciduous trees in full leaf.
Condition Of Source
light scratching
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of ten unidentified men in their regalia on horse back. This is the Short Mile Camp site at the end of the short mile road in Mission, Oregon. The riders are running toward the camera from right to left. They are all in their regalia from bonnets, buckskin shirt, wool legging, rifle scabbard and one of the men has an Eagle feathered staff. They are parading in front of canvas tipis. On the left side of the photograph is a long tent. Behind all of the tipis are cottonwood trees.
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph; People; Regalia; Animal; Horse Gear; Camp Site; Housing;
Tribal Terms
Men; Bonnets; Headdress, Horned; Scabbard, Rifle; Shirt, Buckskin; Staff, Eagle Feather; Horse; Martingale; Horse Mask; Tipi; Canvas; Poles; Tree;
Location
Mission >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1897/1920
Identifier
PH036_6702
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name
Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
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
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
875 pixels
Image Height
673 pixels
Color Space
24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1