PH036_4995 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- Title
- PH036_4995 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- LC Subject
- Jemima Indians of North America Indian women Chairs Buildings Doors & doorways Clothing and dress Dress, Trade Cloth Belts (Clothing) Hairstyles Braids (Hairdressing) Necklaces Beads Belt, Yarn Baskets Weaving Women outdoor photographs
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- jemima, cayuse woman, on porch weaving baskets
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- 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.
- Condition Of Source
- fingerprints; scratching; bubbled glass
- Tribal Notes
- An exterior photograph of a woman sitting in front of a old wood building on a wooden chair. She is holding a basket in her hands. On her left thigh is a flat fiber bag that is incomplete and appears to have a geometric design. She is wearing a checkerbo
- Tribal Classes
- Person; Buildings; Outside Photograph
- Tribal Terms
- Woman; Basket; Bag, Cornhusk; Chair; Building
- Date
- 1897/1920
- Identifier
- PH036_4995
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
- Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
- 202
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- 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 Resolution
- 125 dpi