Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe
- Title
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Mrs. Ume Som Kin, Cayuse Tribe
- LC Subject
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Uma-Som-Kin, Mrs.
Indians of North America
Indian women
Women
Indian children
Children
Infants
Cayuse Indians
Blankets
mantas Pendleton
Clothing and dress
Textile fabrics
Dress, Cloth
Dress, Trade Cloth
Braids (Hairdressing)
Beaded
chokers
Rings
Cradleboards
Scarves
studio portraits
- Local Collection ID
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PH036 / A82
- Repository
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University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
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PH036_4595
Wife of Uma-som-kin, Cayuse tribe, with infant in cradle
- Tribal Title
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Mrs. Uma-Som-Kin Cayuse Tribe
- Photographer
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Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
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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.
- Condition Of Source
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scratching; discoloration;
- Tribal Notes
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An interior photograph of a woman holding a baby in a beaded cradle board. She is wearing a wingdress with a shawl over here shoulders and a blanket around her and the baby. Writing on the photogrpah is ""Mrs. Uma-Som-Kin Cayuse Tribe Major Moorhouse"" and
- Ethnographic Term
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fringe
- Tribal Classes
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People; Regalia; Interior Photograph
- Tribal Terms
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Woman; Wingdress; Blanket; Shawl; Baby; Cradleboard, Beaded--Geometric; Back Drop
- Date
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1897/1920
- Identifier
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PH036_4595
- Rights
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No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
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Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
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Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Box Number
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185
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
- Primary Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
- Has Version
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Glass-plate negative
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Note
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Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
- Image Resolution
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125 dpi