Parson Motanic Cayuse Tribe
- Title
- Parson Motanic Cayuse Tribe
- LC Subject
- Indians of North America Cayuse Indians Men Axes Headdress, Horned Feathers, Eagle Blankets Blanket Strip Vests Fur Moccasins Necklaces Motanic, Parson outdoor photographs
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- Parson Motanic, Cayuse Indian, in war bonnet Parson Motanic, Cayuse Indian, in war bonnet.
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- A Native American man, identified as Parson Motanic, is standing outside. He is wearing a horned headdress with eagle feathers, a necklace, a vest, and moccasins. He is holding a hatchet in his hands. Various furs and blanket strips are laid out around and behind Parson Motanic. All of the items depicted are the property of the Motanic family, rather than photographer's props.
- Condition Of Source
- scratching; flaking
- Tribal Notes
- An outside photograph of a man dressed in his regalia standing next to a house. He has been identified as Parson Motanic. He is wearing a horned headdress with a single trail of Eagle feathers down his back. He is wearing a cloth shirt, beaded vest, Hairbone bandoleer which he is wearing to the front. He has fur wraps on his hair, buckskin leggings, and a blanket hider with a floral design. He is standing on a blanket with a hide of some kind behind him, next to the hide is a brass tack side drop. In front of his feet is a wool shirt and an unidentified object. Behind him hanging on the wall of the side of the house is a blanket. On top of the blanket, starting left to right, are a beaded saddle drop, martingale, scabbard, Rifle, beaded martingale, Bonnet Tube and a beaded pipe bag. Writing on the photograph is "Parson Motanic Cayuse Tribe Maj. Moorhouse" which is written on the blanket being used as a back drop behind his knees.
- Tribal Classes
- Outside Photograph; Person; Regalia; Headdress; Horse Gear;
- Tribal Terms
- Saddle Drops, Beaded; Martingale, Beaded; Horned Headdress; Single trail; Vest, Beaded; Fur wraps; Shirt, Cloth; Bandoleer, Hairbone; Hatchet; Legging, Buckskin; Moccasins, Beaded; Bag, Pipe; Fur; Side drop, Brass tacks; Blanket; Shirt, Wool; House;
- Date
- 1897/1920
- Identifier
- PH036_4333
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
- Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Extent
- 8.00 X 9.93 inches
- 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 Width
- 704 pixels
- Image Height
- 875 pixels
- Image Resolution
- 125 dpi
- Color Space
- 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1