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Description: Hand tinted image. A young japanese practices Japanese calligraphy with a bamboo-handled writing brush. She writes Japanese alphabets on a pad of Japanese paper while she kneels at a wooden desk. Also visible on this desk is suzuri (ink stone) and sumi (ink stick) used in the writing process, and a small, round vase containing two flowers. The girl wears a white apron over a patterned kimono, and has a large bow in her hair. She kneels on a small floor cushion on top of a woven straw mat. In the background is what appears to be a studio backdrop.

Description: Hand tinted image. A Japanese child dressed in a kimono holds an umbrella as she poses for a studio portrait. The kimono contains decorative patterns on its surface, and a piece of material called an obi is wrapped around her waist. She wears a pair of sandles with a thick wooden sole (called geta), and a large bow in her hair. The umbrella has a long bamboo handle, and bamboo woven support. A flower and bird pattern can be seen on the surface of the umbrella. The girl stands on a piece of creased material. Straw is visible in the foremost area of the image. An out-of-focus painted landscape backdrop is visible in the background.

Description: Hand tinted image. A Japanese womendressed in a kimono is seated holding a samisen, a Japanese strigned instrument. The woman is dressed in a kimono with leaf patterns and a sash called an obi around her waist. She does her hair in a chignon and wears an ornamental flower hairpin. Her left hand is positioned on the instrument, and she holds a plectrum called a bachi in her right hand.

Description: Hand tinted image. Two Japanese toddlers dressed in traditional Japanese attire sit on a bamboo bench holding chrysanthemums. Both children wear kimonos and traditional Japanese sandals called zori. Surrounding the children are potted chrysanthemums. Visible in the background is a painted studio backdrop.

Description: A Native American woman reclines on a blanket before a collection of Native American artifacts, identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The woman wears a beaded buckskin dress, a choker, beaded moccasins, and a bracelet. She wears her hair in braids and she holds a bow and and an arrow. Behind her on the wall are assorted Native American regalia, clothing, weapons, and bags.

Description: A Native American man, identified as Poker Jim, Chief at Round Up, sits in a chair wearing Native American clothing, including a buckskin coat with fringe, a headdress with eagle feathers, fur and other ornamentation, and moccasins. In his left hand he holds a rifle in a buckskin scabbard ornamented with beadwork, fringe, and an eagle feather. A fur is draped over his right forearm and in his right hand he holds a medal with a likeness of a European American in profile.

Description: A Native American man identified as Poker Jim, Chief of Round Up, sits in front of a backdrop. He wears traditional Native American clothing, including a buckskin coat and a headdress with feathers, furs, and other ornamentation. His eyes are closed and in his right hand he holds a medal with a likeness of a European American man in profile. In his left hand he holds an object, possibly a scabbard, that is made of buckskin and decorated with beadwork. , Poker Jim, Chief of Roundup. [Seated studio portrait. Man wears traditional attire, and has medal around neck related to a historic encounter.]

Description: A Native American boy, identified as Pope Leo White Bull of the Cayuse tribe and the Umatilla tribe, stands on a blanket in front of a backdrop. He wears Native American clothing or costume, including a headdress or hat, a bead and hairbone bandoleer, a cloth shirt, a breechcloth with a geometric motif, a shirt, leggings, and moccasins. On the blanket at the boy's feet are eagle feathers and an object that is possibly a fan.

Description: A Native American baby, identified as Parson Motanic's child, sleeps in a cradleboard. The cradleboard is ornamented with shells and wrapped in two fabrics, one of which is embroidered with a floral motif.

Description: Display of weapons on a beaded box: two hatchets, one sword and scabbard, one bone knife, two staffs: one with a metal top and one with a leather strap on the top.

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