PH036_6206 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title: PH036_6206 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject: Cradleboard, Beaded--Floral Photographs Daggers & swords Dogs Harnesses Hats Knives Feathers Coat, Buckskin Headdresses Bag, Beaded Hides and skins Moccasins, Beaded-Floral Western saddles Sashes (Clothing) Necklaces Dress, Buckskin Bow and arrow Axes Tomahawks Baskets Men Horse Trappings Indian women Bugles Helmets Shields indoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Lee Moorhouse collection of Indian costumes and artifacts
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Two Native American women are posed in front of a display of Native American artifacts. One woman is standing, the other kneels. The standing woman is wearing beaded moccasins. She is holdings a tomahawk in her right hand with a small pelt draped over it. She holds a round shield with a fur decoration in her left hand. Her dress has a V-neck which is decorated with a striped yoke. The skirt of the dress is decorated with long fringes threaded with beads. She is wearing a necklace and a hat. The kneeling woman is wearing a fringed and beaded leather dress with a cape. She is holding a bow in her left hand. She has a basket hat woven in a geometic design on her head. On the wall behind the women are several artifacts and objects, including: two cradleboards with floral designs, a photograph of a bulldog, a basket with geometric designs, a military cap, a military helmet, two swords, a harness, two bugles, some unidentified gear, belts, two pair of moccasins with floral beading, two bags with floral designs, an unidentified artifact with long fringes, one woven bag with geometric designs, three belts or sashes with geometric designs, an animal pelt, a long feathered headdress, a saddle, a long necklace, a buckskin coat with fringes and some other clothes. There is a poster behind the women with a picture of soldiers and Native Americans on horseback; the number "49" can be seen on it. Small knives and feathers are displayed along the top of the poster.
Condition Of Source: discoloration;
Tribal Notes: An interior photograph of two unidentified white women dressed in regalia. They are wearing beaded buckskin dresses, and Cornhusk hats. The woman on the left side that is standing up is holding a big shield in her left hand and in her right hand is a hatchet style pipe. The woman on the right is kneeing on her right knee and is holding a bow in her left hand. In the background, hanging on the wall behind the two women, is a collection of regalia that Major Moorhouse had collected over the years. Some of these objects have appeared in many of the Moorhouse photographs.
Tribal Classes: Interior Photograph; People; Regalia; Weaponry; Headdress; Moorhouse Props;
Tribal Terms: Cradleboard, Beaded; Feathers; Knife; Sword; Scabbard, Sword; Bridle; Hat; Helmet; Rope; Belt, Leather-Beaded; Bulge; Moccasins; Necklace; Bonnet, Single Trailor; Bag Bead; Bag Cornhusk; Bag, Pipe; Poster; Saddle; Chair; Fur; Dress, Buckskin-Beaded; Hat, Cornhusk; Earring; Shield; Pipe, Hatchet Style; Coat, Buckskin; Buckskin, Hide-Painted; Bow; Choker; Women;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_6206
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
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: 669 pixels
Image Height: 875 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1