Mrs WheetSoot

Title: Mrs WheetSoot
LC Subject: Indians of North America Clothing and dress Belt, Leather Cayuse Indians Dress, Cloth Euro-American clothing Hairstyles Indian women Scarves Women WheetSoot, Mrs. indoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Mrs. Wheat-Soot, old Cayuse woman, in costume Mrs. Wheat-Soot, elderly Cayuse woman, in costume
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: A Native American woman, identified as Mrs. WheetSoot of the Cayuse tribe, sits before a backdrop. The image includes only the upper half of her body. She wears a scarf over her head and a shawl over her wing dress. She wears a wide leather belt with brass tack decoration.
Condition Of Source: discoloration;
Tribal Notes: A photograph of an elderly woman looking at the camera. She is wearing Wingdress with a scarf over her head. She also has a shawl over her shoulders. At the bottom of the photograph you can see just part of a Leather belt with Brass Tacks on the belt.
Ethnographic Term: cloaks
Tribal Classes: Person; Regalia;
Tribal Terms: Woman; Wingdress; Scarf; Shawl; Belt, Leather-Brass Tack;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4038
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: 8.10 X 10.00 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: 703 pixels
Image Height: 875 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1