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Description: A corner area of an interior room is covered with a net, from which is strung an assortment of Native American artifacts and decorations. There are baskets in many shapes and sizes; bags, woven and beaded; necklaces of beads or shells; antlers; some beadwork and leatherwork; woven mats and wall hangings; bow and arrows; two quivers with fringe; a pistol; a rope; drums; a miniature of a canoe decorated with a floral design; some portraits, one drawn in charcoal and several photographs; a carved wooden spoon; and other assorted objects. The interior of the room that is visible is wallpaper on the ceiling and upper wall area, a bench with cusions, and some ornate picture frames to the left and right of the display of goods.

Description: Elderly Native American male is posed outside in front of a studio back drop (wooden framed and matted). He is standing on a small round braided mat. He is dressed in tribal costume and regalia. He has a headdress made of paper, beads and grasses and is wearing a necklace of bones, shells and grasses. He is wearing either bone or shell earring on his left ear. He is wearing feather tail plume of hawk feathers and a lower plume of eagle feathers. They are wrapped around him using leather belts; one of the belts is beaded. He is wearing leather leggings/chaps and mocassins. Beyond the photo prop area, there are decidious trees in full leaf, a fence and a boardwalk.

Description: A wood-framed structure, covered with a striped tent cloth, appears to have three wooden walls and a wooden floor. From the open side, one can see that the tent structure is filled with an assortment of Native American objects and artifacts, suspended from the walls and crossbeam, set on a table, and arranged on the floor in front of the back wall. There is a sign on the tent that says "Major Moorhouse's Indian Pictures." The inventory includes: blankets and other woven textiles; photographs, some framed; beaded bags; baskets; a cradleboard; a saddle and bridle; tomahawks; bow and arrows in a quiver; a buckskin dress with beaded fringe; a beaded buckskin shirt and pants, a pair of beaded moccasins, and a feathered cape, displayed together as an ensemble; a small statue of a Native American man, wearing a feathered robe and headdress, a shell necklace, a beaded breastplate, and beaded moccasins; more feathered headdresses and other feathered and beaded items; a pair of beaded gloves; a beaded necklace; a pile of fur (under the table).

Description: A Native American man and two Native American girls are standing inside a tipi made of woven mats. The tipi has a pole hung horizontally across the diameter. The man is wearing a cloth shirt, a woven vest and woven belt, pants made from a Pendleton blanket, with a piece of blanket or cloth draped in front, earrings, necklace, and headdress. The two girls are wearing long cloth dresses, with striped blankets draped around them. The older girl has long braids, earrings, and her blanket is fringed on all four sides. The younger girl has on a hat or head scarf. The inside perimeter of the tipi contains blankets, a drum with drum sticks, a rifle, a kettle, a pail, a bowl, and a pile of sticks. There are several objects hanging from the wall, including a leather case with shoulder strap, and some ornamental items, some with fur tails. The pail is only visible in the right-hand photo.

Description: A Native American woman, dressed in Native American costume, is seated on a chair, in front of a wall filled with various Native American artifacts. The woman is wearing a headdress with horns and feathers, a beaded buckskin dress with beaded fringe, beaded leggings, and floral design moccasins. She has long braids, a beaded choker and beaded necklace, a shell necklace, copper bracelets, a ring, and is holding a beaded bag. A Pendleton blanket is draped over the chair. Hanging from the wall are assorted feathers and knives, decorative cords with tassels, posters, a photograph, swords with scabbards, floral design cradleboards, a horse bridle with reins, woven bags, a beaded floral design glove or gauntlet, leather goods, beadwork, a walking stick, and a tanned animal hide on which is painted a Native American man. There are several items on the floor, including another blanket, a bow and two empty quivers (one beaded, one plain), a tomahawk decorated with a fur tail, more loose feathers, and a woven basket.

Description: An outside photograph of a Native American man posing in front of a plain blanket backdrop. He is kneeling on his right knee, with a round flat coiled cedar root mat just behind him. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. In the background are hazy outlines of buildings. He is holding a hand drum in his left hand and a drumstick in his right hand. The drum is decorated with a zigzag pattern around its circumference, surrounding a single moon and star. He is wearing a headdress that extends fully to the ground, a bonnet with a single trail of eagle feathers and plumes. He has a deep scar on his right cheek and is wearing a necklace of animal claws. He is wearing a beaded buckskin shirt with decorative, beaded hangings across the front. The bottom of his shirt is fringed and overlays a garment of striped cloth. He is also wearing buckskin leggings and beaded moccasins. A hatchet-style pipe is leaning on his left leg. A beaded bag with geometric design is hanging from his right wrist., Cultus George [George Marshall, "Cultus George," Umatilla Indian, in Moorhouse yard. Wears regalia with eagle bonnet, drum, tomahawk.]

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