Chief Bones and wife Palouse Tribe

Title: Chief Bones and wife Palouse Tribe
LC Subject: Indians of North America Cayuse Indians Bags Necklaces Blankets Braids (Hairdressing) Fur--Hair Wraps Shawls Headbands (Headgear) Gibbon, Peter outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Bones and wife, Palouse Indians, in costume Chief Bones and wife, Palouse Indians, in costume
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American man and woman sitting in front of a blanket hanging from a latticework fence. Both wear necklaces. The woman's hair is braided, she is wearing a headband, has a blanket draped around her and holds a bag with geometric designs in her right hand. The man has furs hanging from his shoulders and hair. He is wearing armbands decorated with teeth or claws and is holding a shawl. There is a blanket in his lap. He has been identified by tribal members as Peter Gibbon of the Cayuse tribe.
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a couple in front of a blanket back drop. She is on the left side of the photograph standing up and is wearing a wing dress, yarn belt, necklace, choker, scarf folded and around her head. She has a wool blanket wrapped around her waist on her right side and on the left side is over her left shoulder. In her left hand she is holding a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. He is sitting to her left side and he is wearing fur wraps on the back of his head. There are otter fur wraps around his neck. He has a choker, loop necklace, Hairbone bandoleer, two arm bands brass, and Eagle claw on top of the brass. A cloth shirt, blanket hider, wool legging, and holding in his hands a handkerchief. The background is a blanket backdrop which is front of a wooden fence. Writing on the photograph is "Chief Bones and Wife Palouse Tribe Major Moorhouse."
Ethnographic Term: armbands
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; People; Regalia;
Tribal Terms: Woman; Wing Dress; Blanket; Bag, Cornhusk; Necklace; Choker; Scarf; Man; Loop Necklace; Fur, Hair Wraps; Bandoleer, Hairbone; Shirt, Cloth; Arm Bands, Brass; Arm Bands, Eagle Claw; Handkerchief; Hider, Blanket; Legging, Wool; Backdrop, Blanket; Frame, Wooden; Fence;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4293
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: 8.09 X 9.96 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: 1011 pixels
Image Height: 1245 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2