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

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21. Group of Umatilla indian men in costume, group includes Paul Sho-o-way, and Francis Lincoln
Group of Umatilla indian men in costume, group includes Paul Sho-o-way, and Francis Lincoln
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A group of Native Americans, including five men and two women, are posing in two rows in front of a canvas lodge. The men are standing shoulder to shoulder in the back row. The man on the far left is wearing a horned headdress, a necklace, a blanket around his legs, and a buckskin shirt. He is holding a brush and other unidentified items. The second man from the left is wearing a shirt, earrings, bracelets, a necklace, bells on his legs, and a blanket strip around his waist. He is holding a brush in his hands. The man in the middle is wearing a hat, a choker, a Euro-American shirt, and a strip of fur around his neck. The second man from the right is wearing a hat, arm bands, a necklace, a Euro-American shirt, and a blanket around his waist. The man on the far right is wearing a Euro-American shirt, a choker, a necklace, arm bands, a sash, a strip of fur around his waist, a blanket strip around his waist, and bells attached to his ankles. His hair is tied into two braids. Two of the men are identified as Paul Showaway and Francis Lincoln of the Umatilla tribe. The two women are seated on blankets in the front row. The woman on the left is wearing a cornhusk hat, earrings, a necklace, and a shirt with hanging beads. Her hair is tied into two braids. A beaded item lays on the ground in front of her. A feathered headdress is on the ground to the left of her. The woman on the right is wearing earrings, a choker, and a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. A Euro-American dress is visible underneath the blanket. Her hair is tied into two braids. A beaded item with a floral design is on the ground in front of her. A feathered headdress is on the ground to the right of her. A few trees are visible in the background behind the canvas lodge.
22. PH036_5038 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5038 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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Seven men, three sitting, four standing, are grouped in a studio before a backdrop which has tipis painted on it. Two of the standing men are white men, identified as John McBain and Lee Moorhouse. Both wear suits and ties and McBain wears a felt hat while Moorhouse wears a high top hat. Both men have moustaches. Moorhouse holds a long pipe and flat geometrically beaded bag with fringe in his right hand, and his left hand is on the shoulder of the man seated in front of him, identified as Young Chief of the Cayuse. A Native American man, identified as Chief Sho-o-way of the Cayuse, stands in the back, also wearing a suit. He has a top-coat with furred lapels over it, and a conspicuous watch chain and medal. He wears no hat, and his gray or white hair hangs to his shoulders, where it is curled. The fourth man in the back row, identified as Chief Wolf, does not seem to be wearing headgear, but the middle section of his dark hair is pulled back from his forehead and puffed up above his head, and there seem to be feathers or other ornaments in it. The hair on the sides hangs at least to his shoulders. He wears a choker necklance and buckskin shirt, with a blanket across his left shoulder to the right side of his waist. He appears to be holding a large white feather or wing with dark spots in his right hand. The three Native American men seated in front are all wearing headgear. The man on the left, seated on a wooden chair, is identified as Chief Peo of the Umatilla. He wears a stand-up bonnet of feathers over his shoulder-length hair, and seven rows of necklaces, and his shirt is decorated with shells or teeth along its v-neck, with a stiff fringe below the shoulders. His hands are crossed on his lap, and the lower hand rests on a patterned blanket hanging between his legs. His upper, right, arm, is crossed over, and he has another blanket draped over it, and a ring on his hand. His pants have wide strips of beading down the outside of the legs. He seems to be wearing plain moccasins. The man in the center has been identifed as Chief Homily of the Walla Walla. He seems to be wearing a military cap, ornamented with beading, feathers, and fringe. His buckskin shirt has rectangular areas of beading on the sleeves and a row of ermine across the chest and shoulders.He seems to be wearing plain buckskin chaps over his pants, and beaded moccasins. His hands are in his lap and in his right hand he holds a pipe, from which a beaded bag dangles. The third seated man, Young Chief, wears a straw or felt hat with a hatband and an ornament standing up in the front, out of which emerge plumes of feathers which curve over the top of his hat. He has dark shoulder-length hair, and an earring is visible. He too wears loops of beads around his neck. He seems to be wearing a military jacket with chevrons at the wrist over a plaid shirt. The jacket is decorated with fringe at the shoulders which depends lower than his elbows. He has a patterned blanket over both legs and rolled in his lap, with patterned trousers underneath and floral beaded moccasins. His hands in his lap grasp a hatchet-style pipe, which has a flat beaded bag with streamers hanging from it. The area beneath the men is covered with a very hairy rug or mat, which is slightly rolled up at the right side of the photograph.
23. PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4186 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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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.]
24. PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4390 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of a Native American woman sitting in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in regalia, and is sitting on a stool or chair over which has been draped a Pendleton blanket. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a v-shaped geometrical design. Her hair is in braids, tipped with fur wraps. She is wearing large, circular earrings and a neck choker with long decorative bead strands hanging down the front. She is dressed in an old-style, deer-tail, beaded buckskin dress. The dress has a highly decorative bodice with fringe at the sleeve ends, side seams, and hemline. She has bracelets on both of her wrists; her left wrist has two wide-band (possibly metal) bracelets and her right wrist exhibits approximately eight smaller ones. On her lap she holds a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. Visible under her skirt can be seen either leggings, cuffed with a beaded floral design, or moccasins with a beaded floral design. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway.
25. Rosa-Paul, Walla Walla Tribe, Summer Hair
Rosa-Paul, Walla Walla Tribe, Summer Hair
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American woman who has been identified as Rosa Paul. She is standing on a Pendleton blanket, in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. The woman is turned from the camera so that only her left profile and attire can be seen. She is dressed in a buckskin dress with multiple layers of fringe, starting at her shoulder and ending at her dress hem. There are various sizes of beads hanging off the fringe. She is wearing bracelets on her left arm. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a "v-styled" geometric design. Her hair is braided and she wears large, circle-shaped earrings. She is wearing moccasins. On her back she is carrying a baby in a cradleboard with elaborate beadwork in a floral design at the top. The bottom of the cradleboard is buckskin that is laced down the middle. There is fringe dividing the cradleboard top and bottom, with beads on some of the fringe.
26. PH036_6354 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_6354 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American man and two Native American girls are standing inside a tipi made of woven mats. The tipi has a pole hung horizontally across the diameter. The man is wearing a cloth shirt, a woven vest and woven belt, pants made from a Pendleton blanket, with a piece of blanket or cloth draped in front, earrings, necklace, and headdress. The two girls are wearing long cloth dresses, with striped blankets draped around them. The older girl has long braids, earrings, and her blanket is fringed on all four sides. The younger girl has on a hat or head scarf. The inside perimeter of the tipi contains blankets, a drum with drum sticks, a rifle, a kettle, a pail, a bowl, and a pile of sticks. There are several objects hanging from the wall, including a leather case with shoulder strap, and some ornamental items, some with fur tails. The pail is only visible in the right-hand photo.
27. Maude Sampson, Cayuse Tribe
Maude Sampson, Cayuse Tribe
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A Native American woman, identified as Maud Sampson of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a blanket backdrop. She is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe and a woven cornhusk hat. She has plain moccasins and beaded leggings. Her hair is in two long braids and her jewelry includes shell earrings and beaded chokers. The ground in front of the backdrop and the chair the woman is sitting on are covered by two pendleton blankets. There is a woven cornhusk bag displayed next to the chair, on the blanket. The backdrop consists of a solid colored blanket that is suspended on an unseen frame. A little bit of grass and part of a wooden sidewalk with a hose on it are visible to the front and side of the image.
28. Rosa Paul
Rosa Paul
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American woman who has been identified as Rosa Paul. She is standing on a Pendleton blanket, in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. She is posed holding a bow and arrow. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a "v-shaped" geometric design. Her hair is braided, and she has large, circular earrings. There is a choker around her neck and bracelets on both her arms. Her dress is highly decorative, with beadwork across her blouse and around the edge of each sleeve. There is additional beadwork around her waist which forms an apron and side pouch or pocket. The bottom third of her dress shows more beadwork in a spiral design. She is wearing moccasins and leggings under her dress. On the left of the photograph is a wooden walkway with trees in the background.
29. PH036_4247 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4247 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An interior photograph of a Native American woman posed in front of a backdrop. She has her hair in long braids and is wearing large, circular earrings. She is wearing a choker. Around her shoulders is a Euro-American scarf and a blanket or shawl. She is attired in a print cloth shirt or dress., Ku-Massag—Cayuse [Ku-mas-sag, Cayuse woman, in regalia in Moorhouse yard/studio. 'Copyright 1900 by Lee Moorhouse' printed on photo.]
30. PH036_6341 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_6341 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American man, woman, and young girl stand in front of a tipi in a meadow of tall grasses in this stereographic photo. Spread out at their feet lie a couple of striped blankets. The child wears a dress of calico or printed cotton, and a necklace. The woman wears a long dark cloth dress with a light-coloured underdress or shirt beneath it. Around her waist is a belt. She holds a piece of cloth or hide in her left hand. She wears earrings, and her long braids hang down in front of her. The man's hair is pulled behind him. He wears earrings and some kind of hair ties or ornaments, as well as necklaces, one a choker. He wears a cloth shirt over a plaid blanket resembling a kilt, and a belt with a pouch. In his right hand he holds a book or box. In his left hand he holds the tip of an arrow, which has a light-colored feather. He seems to be clasping a bag to his left side with his arm. To the right of the tipi is a leafless tree. In the background, a low hill rises.