PH036_2948 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- Title
- PH036_2948 Lee Moorhouse photographs
- LC Subject
- Antiquities Relics Weapons Axes Tomahawks Whitman Massacre, 1847 Indian beadwork Oregon Historical Society indoor photographs
- Local Collection ID
- PH036 / A82
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
- Relics of Whitman massacre from collection in Oregon Historical Society Relics of Whitman massacre from collection in Oregon Historical Society.
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- A Native American tomahawk from the collection of relics of the Whitman massacre, 1847 in the Oregon Historical Society is shown against a dark background. The tomahawk has a wooden handle with ornaments and beadwork and a metal head or blade with a heart motif and border designs.
- Tribal Notes
- An interior photograph of a hatchet style pipe than has been hung by a couple of strings. There are brass tacks and beadwork on the wooden stem. The hatchet style with a heart shape cut out of the middle of the diamond; in front of the diamond are two pieces that have curled back to the stem. The backdrop is a piece of cloth.
- Tribal Classes
- Weaponry;
- Tribal Terms
- Pipe, Hatchet Style; Brass Tacks; Beadwork; Nail; String; Backdrop;
- Date
- 1897/1920
- Identifier
- PH036_2948
- 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
- 8.45 X 6.48 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
- 1056 pixels
- Image Height
- 810 pixels
- Image Resolution
- 125 dpi
- Color Space
- 256-level Greyscale