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

Yellow Wolf, Round Up

Title
Yellow Wolf, Round Up
LC Subject
Shawls Women Men Horses Hats Blankets Moccasins, Beaded-Floral Horse Trappings Breastplates Pants Headdresses chaps Bandannas Appliqué Martingale Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935 outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Yellow Wolf at round-up Yellow Wolf at roundup, on horse
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
A Native American man identified as Yellow Wolf is seated on a white horse, holding a long feathered lance on his left. He is holding a feathered artifact in his right hand. He is wearing a decorated cape over his shoulders. He has on moccasins decorated with a floral design. He is wearing trousers or chaps with wide striped legs. His horse is wearing an appliqued breastplate decorated with stars, flowers and leaves. On Yellow Wolf's right, a man is riding away with his back to the camera. He is riding a spotted horse. He is wearing a buckskin coat, a broad-brimmed hat and a bandanna around his neck. The man's jacket is fringed and decorated with beadwork across the shoulders. The cuff and collar of his coat are in a darker material. The man's trousers are also fringed. He is wearing beaded moccasins. In the background between Yellow Wolf and the man in the buckskin coat there are three women with their backs to the camera. They are wrapped in long blankets. One woman has a light colored fringed shawl over her blanket. Another woman has a blanket with hanging decorations. The third woman has a dotted shawl pulled over her head. Also in the background there two men wearing feathered headdresses and several horses.
Condition Of Source
flaking;
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of Men and Women dressed in regalia. Some of the men are on horses, others are standing next to their horses. The man in the center of the photograph on his horse has been identified as Yellow Wolf by the photographer. He is wearing a Plains Style Bonnet; he is holding in his left hand an Eagle Feather Staff. On his horse is a Beaded Martingale with a floral design down the sides. In the front of the martingale are two Stars. Everyone else has their back to the camera. The man on the right side of the photograph is riding away from the camera on his horse. He is wearing a Buckskin Shirt, Buckskin Legging, Scarf, And a Hat. The three women have their back to the camera. Starting from left to right she is wearing a Cloth Shell Dress, next is a Selvedge Trader Cloth Dress with a shawl over her shoulders. Next to her is a woman with a Beaded Strip Blanket over her shoulders. Writing on the photograph is next to the man on the horse in the middle of the photograph "Yellow Wolf Round Up Pendleton Oregon Major Moorhouse 1d
Ethnographic Term
cloaks
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph; People; Regalia; Animal; Horse Gear; Round-Up;
Tribal Terms
Men; Women; Bonnet, Plains Style; Legging, Cloth; Moccasins, Beaded; Martingale, Beaded-Floral; Shirt, Buckskin; Hat; Saddle; Blanket, Saddle; Bridle; Horse; Dress, Cloth-Shell; Dress, Selvedge Trade Cloth; Shirt, Cloth; Staff, Eagle Feathers; Scarf; Blanket Strip, Beaded; Vest, Beaded; Shawl;
Location
Pendleton >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1891
Identifier
PH036_3722
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
6.81 X 4.93 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
875 pixels
Image Height
631 pixels
Image Resolution
125 dpi
Color Space
24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1