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501. Rosa Parr—Walla Walla Tribe
Rosa Parr—Walla Walla Tribe
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A Native American woman, identified as Rosa Parr of the Walla Walla Tribe, is seated on a chair in front of a blanket backdrop. The woman is dressed in a buckskin dress with fringes and beadwork. She is wearing beaded moccasins and a woven cornhusk hat. Her hair is long and divided into two tresses that are either partially braided or tied. Her jewelry includes a beaded choker and bracelet, several copper bracelets, and two rings. She is holding on her lap an unidentified wooden handled tool or implement, with leather straps attached to the base of the handle. The chair she is seated on and the ground under her feet are covered by a Pendleton blanket. The blanket backdrop appears to be suspended by a wooden structural frame and there is some white cloth visible on the sides of the frame, overlapping the blanket. The backdrop is placed in a grassy area next to a wooden plank walkway. Some tall trees and a fence are visible in the background.
502. Wo-Ho-Pum and Papoose
Wo-Ho-Pum and Papoose
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A Native American woman, identified as Wo-Ho-Pum, is standing and facing the side of a cloth tipi. A Pendleton blanket is attached to the tipi and hangs down to the ground. There are several bags displayed on the blanket, woven and beaded. Some of the woven ones have geometic patterns; one beaded one has a woman and girl design. The woman is wearing a full-length beaded and fringed buckskin dress and a woven hat. A baby in a cradleboard is strapped to her back. The child's head is hooded and the face only visible from the side. Most of the cradleboard is wrapped in a cotton cloth, with some beads or looped necklaces across the front of the child. The woman is holding another woven bag in her hand. The background beyond the tent is a stand of shrubby, deciduous trees and open sky.
503. Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe
Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe
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A Native American woman, identified as Mrs. Ume Somkin of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket backdrop, propping up a baby in a cradleboard in front of her. The woman is wearing a floral cloth dress over a solid cloth shirt or underlayer. The woman has two long braids, a beaded choker, and two rings. The woman and cradleboard are wrapped together in a fringed Pendleton blanket. The cradleboard has beaded and geometric designs. Only the child's face is visible, as the head is covered by the hood of the cradleboard and the neck is covered by a scarf.
504. A Teepee in the wilderness Umatilla Reservation
A Teepee in the wilderness Umatilla Reservation
Description
A Native American woman is sitting on the bank of a river, located on the Umatilla Reservation. She has a blanket wrapped snugly around her. In the clearing behind the woman there is a canvas tipi, two piles of sticks, and a deer hide slung over a stick that is suspended across two trees. In the background there are tall, deciduous trees and dense shrubbery. In the foreground is the river with some trees emerging from it. The surface of the river is smooth and glassy and perfectly reflects the woman, the tent and trees from the backgound.
505. PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of two Native American women posing in front of a plain blanket backdrop. They are standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat that is on a Pendleton blanket. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. In the background are deciduous trees and the hazy outlines of miscellaneous buildings. Both women have their hair in braids and are wearing cornhusk hats with a "v-shaped" geometric design. The woman on the pair's left has been identified as Ruth Coyote; she is dressed in a fringed, short-sleeve, beaded buckskin dress. Decorative beads are attached to the fringes on her shirtsleeves, knee and hem areas. She is wearing a necklace and a choker. She has bracelets on both arms and an armband on her left arm. She has a beaded belt and is holding a beaded bag in her left hand with the design of a deer. From under her dress can be seen leggings and beaded moccasins. The woman on the right is wearing circular earrings, and a cloth dress with decorative beads that extend below her waist. There are beads on her shoulders and bells at the end of her three-quarter length sleeves. She has a wide beaded belt. She has a bracelet on her right wrist and is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. She has beaded moccasins and may have bells at the hem of her dress., 'Umatilla Belles.' Billy Barnhart's camp on the Umatilla. [Lucy Luton and Ruth Coyote, Cayuse tribal women.]
506. PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of a Native American woman sitting in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in regalia, and is sitting on a stool or chair over which has been draped a Pendleton blanket. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a v-shaped geometrical design. Her hair is in braids, tipped with fur wraps. She is wearing large, circular earrings and a neck choker with long decorative bead strands hanging down the front. She is dressed in an old-style, deer-tail, beaded buckskin dress. The dress has a highly decorative bodice with fringe at the sleeve ends, side seams, and hemline. She has bracelets on both of her wrists; her left wrist has two wide-band (possibly metal) bracelets and her right wrist exhibits approximately eight smaller ones. On her lap she holds a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. Visible under her skirt can be seen either leggings, cuffed with a beaded floral design, or moccasins with a beaded floral design. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway.
507. Rosa-Paul, Walla Walla Tribe, Summer Hair
Rosa-Paul, Walla Walla Tribe, Summer Hair
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American woman who has been identified as Rosa Paul. She is standing on a Pendleton blanket, in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. The woman is turned from the camera so that only her left profile and attire can be seen. She is dressed in a buckskin dress with multiple layers of fringe, starting at her shoulder and ending at her dress hem. There are various sizes of beads hanging off the fringe. She is wearing bracelets on her left arm. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a "v-styled" geometric design. Her hair is braided and she wears large, circle-shaped earrings. She is wearing moccasins. On her back she is carrying a baby in a cradleboard with elaborate beadwork in a floral design at the top. The bottom of the cradleboard is buckskin that is laced down the middle. There is fringe dividing the cradleboard top and bottom, with beads on some of the fringe.
508. PH036_4995 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4995 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A black and white photograph of an old Native American woman sitting on a wooden ladderback chair in front of the door of a wooden building. The door is shut and the doorknob and keyhole visible. The woman wears a gingham dress which buttons up the front, with a dark belt or tie around her waist which has a fringe at its end. There is a tear in the dress behind her right shoulder. Her graying hair hangs in front of her in skinny braids, and she wears a long necklace of large, rounded, dark and light beads. On her left knee she holds an openwork basket that has a zigzag design and possibly beading and a hank of wool or twine wrapped around its handle. On her right knee is a partly-woven item with its tangled ends hanging free.
509. Cayuse War Cry
Cayuse War Cry
Description
An outdoor photograph of a Native American woman identified as Rosa Paul. Her back is to the camera; she is facing a frame-hung blanket backdrop, and standing on a Pendleton blanket. She has braided hair and is wearing a cornhusk hat with geometric designs. Her dress is buckskin, with extensive beading on the top and around her waist. The end of her right sleeve and bottom of her dress is fringed. She appears to be holding a bag in front of her. On her back she is carrying a baby in a cradleboard. The cradleboard exhibits a wooden, stick-type, circular top frame, with the bottom half covered in two-tone leather that is laced down the middle. In the background is a building; part of a stairway is visable to the left of the backdrop.
510. Umatilla Indian Girls 1904
Umatilla Indian Girls 1904
Description
Three Native American girls, of the Umatilla Tribe, are standing on top of the gate of a small wooden dam over a river. The young woman on the left has a pendleton blanket wrapped around herself. She is wearing a headdress with feathers and her hair is loosely tucked under the blanket. The young woman in the middle also has a pendleton blanket wrapped around herself. She has two long braids and is carrying a woven bag over one arm. The design on the bag is of a deer and two flowers. The young woman on the right is wearing a buckskin dress with a belt and a woven cornhusk hat. The dress has two tiers of beaded fringe. She has two arm band style bracelets on her wrist and forearm; the one on her forearm is copper. All three girls are wearing beaded moccasins. The dam spans an inlet between the bank and a sandbar. There is a pile of rocks on the sand on both sides of the dam. The background of the image shows more of the river, a wooden dock or platform, and some shrubs and deciduous trees., Umatilla Indian girls 1904 [Three Umatilla girls in regalia, standing by irrigation flume. One wears bear claw circlet, one has cornhusk bag with deer, one wears cornhusk hat and shoulder-beaded dress with dangles.]
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