Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916

PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Title
PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs
LC Subject
Women Indian women mats (floor coverings) Blankets mantas Pendleton Trees Braids (Hairdressing) Hat, Cornhusk Clothing and dress Dress, Buckskin Dress, Cloth--Beaded Dress, Cloth Beads Necklaces chokers Bracelets Belts (Clothing) Belt, Beaded Bag, Beaded Bag, Cornhusk Leggings, Women's Moccasins Earrings Bells Regalia Cayuse Indians outdoor photographs Coyote, Ruth Luton, Lacy
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Lacy Luton+ Ruth Coyote, Cayuse indians, in costume
Tribal Title
Umatilla Belles
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
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.]
Condition Of Source
surface contamination; scratching; fingerprints; discoloration
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of two women standing in front of a blanket backdrop. They are dressed up in their regalia and standing on a Pendleton Blanket and on a coiled Cedar Root mat. One of the unidentified women is wearing a cloth dress with beads and small bells on the dress. She is also holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. The other woman, identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in a beaded buckskin dress that has beads in the fringes around her knees and at the end of the dress at her feet. She is holding a beaded bag in her left hand that has a deer for the design. She has her arm around the other woman. They are wearing cornhusk hats, beaded belts, necklaces, bracelets, and beaded moccasins. They are standing next to a wooden walkway. In the background are trees and some buildings. There is writing on the photograph which is "Umatilla Belles Maj. Moorhouse."
Ethnographic Term
armbands
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph People Regalia Buildings Moorhouse Props
Tribal Terms
Women Dress, Trade Cloth Bag, Cornhusk Moccasins, Beaded--Floral Necklace Belt, Leather--Beaded Dress, Buckskin--Beaded Bag, Beaded Bracelet Back Drop Trees House Wood
Date
1900/1910
Identifier
PH036_4186
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name
Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number
168
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