Spokane Jim's papoose

Title: Spokane Jim's papoose
LC Subject: Indians of North America Indian children Cradleboards Indian beadwork Bags Blankets outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American baby, identified as Spokane Jim's papoose, is in a beaded cradleboard that is positioned upright and leaning against a mat covered by a blanket. Two bags hang from the cradleboard, which has a floral motif. One of the bags also has a floral motif and the other includes an image of a person and a horse.
Condition Of Source: light scratching
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a child in beaded cradleboard leaning on a Tule mat tipi. The child has been identified as Spokane Jim's child by the photographer. The child and the board are leaning on a partially seen Tule mat tipi. There is a wool blanket between the cradleboard and the Tule mat tipi. The child and the board are sitting on a Tule mat that is on the ground. There are two beaded bags on both sides of the child's head. One is a man and a horse and the other one is a floral design. The sun was out that day and the photographer shot with the sun at his back. He had a couple of people hold a blanket up to shade the child and part of the tipi. Their shadows can be seen on the tipi. Writing on the photograph is "Spokane Jim's Papoose Maj. Moorhouse."
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Child; Housing; Regalia;
Tribal Terms: Child; Cradleboard, Necklace; Beaded; Bag, Beaded; Blanket, Wool; Tipi; Tule Mat;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_6535
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: 642 pixels
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1