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

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31. Chief Five Crows Cayuse Tribe
Chief Five Crows Cayuse Tribe
Description
An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop draped over a wall. He has been identified as Five Crows, and is dressed in regalia. His hair is unbound with a single feather showing in the back. There is a small hoop earring visible in his right ear. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which are a choker, loop necklace, and hairbone bandoleer. Over both shirtsleeves are wide metal armbands. In his right hand he is holding a knife, and in his left hand he is holding a pipe bowl. Hanging from his left arm is a leather belt with a knife scabbard attached. He has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist.
32. PH036_4216 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4216 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of three Native American women and a Native American boy. The women are all wearing Native regalia; the young boy is dressed in Euro-American clothing. All four are standing on Pendleton blankets or shawls; there are other blankets and shawls hanging behind them. A bag with geometric design and leather-tooled belt can be seen on the left of the photograph. In the foreground are several bags and miscellaneous blankets. In the far background are numerous trees. All three women are wearing wool dresses, have their hair in braids, hands crossed, and are wearing necklaces and circular earrings. The two women closest to the boy are wearing chokers. Each has a contrasting shirt--with shirtsleeves that extend beyond the dress sleeves--under her dress. The two women farthest from the boy have dentallia shell designs on their dress bodices; the third woman has elk teeth stitched to her dress bodice. The boy is attired in Euro-American shirt, knickers, stockings and boots., Cayuse Tribe [Josephine You-mo-its, Cayuse woman, with two daughters and son. [Boy in European clothing; women wear decorated cloth dresses. Blankets, nags and baskets on display.]
33. Wo- Ho-Pum and Papoose, Walla Walla Tribe
Wo- Ho-Pum and Papoose, Walla Walla Tribe
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A Native American woman, identified as Wo-Ho-Pum of the Walla Walla tribe, is sitting cross-legged, next to a child in a cradleboard, in front of a cloth tipi. The woman appears to be sitting on a blanket or bedding on the bare ground. The woman is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe, a woven hat, plain moccasins, and has a woven bag draped over her knee. Her hair is in two long braids. Her jewelry includes shell earrings, beaded necklaces and choker, and beaded and copper bracelets. She is holding the cradleboard upright. Only the child's hooded face and the top of the wooden back support of the cradleboard are visible. The rest of the child and cradleboard are covered with a fringed scarf or shawl, with some beads or looped necklaces across the front. The entire background of the image is the solid white cloth of the tipi. A blanket is pinned to the side of the tipi, and hangs down to the ground, draping over an unseen object. Several bags are displayed on the blanket, four woven ones with geomeric patterns, and one beaded one with an image of a woman and young girl.
34. PH036_5031 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5031 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American woman identified as "Mrs. Black Hawk" of the Cayuse tribe stands in front of a tule reed mat tipi. There is snow on the ground and on parts of the tipi. Five poles are visible, and on the left side of the photograph is a wooden ladder made of poles and boards. The canvas entry of the tipi is tied back and the woman stands with her feet inside, slightly leaning out. Her long dark hair hangs below her waist in two braids; she wears a choker necklace, and a rounded earring is visible. She wears a long dark cloth wing dress with wide sections of lighter beading that run across the bodice and shoulders and onto the sleeves. A longer sleeve of floral material from a shirt or underdress is visible as she holds up her left hand. Around her waist is a wide beaded belt, and it looks like another beaded belt is hanging from it. In her left hand she holds a strip of material beaded in floral patterns and embellished with a strip of fur which has round medallions or shell discs sewn on at regular intervals. On her right side hangs a multicolored striped and fringed blanket; with her right hand she seems to be holding or pushing aside a dark bag or curtain trimmed with a light floral-patterned material. Propped against a low log or board at the entrance to the tipi are two flat bags beaded with geometric patterns. Under them, and taking up the left foreground of the photo, is a striped blanket.
35. PH036_5004 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5004 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American man identified as Phillip Jones of the Cayuse tribe stands outdoors on a dark blanket with light geometric patterns. He is standing close to bushes and under some trees. His moccasins appear to have both fur and beading or embroidery on them. He wears a long feathered headdress, a round disk earring, a dark cloth shirt and dark cloth plaid pants, a light-colored cloth cape, and a belt. He is holding a scarf of cloth and fur in front of him. A striped blanket or piece of cloth hangs from a low branch behind him., Phillip Jones—Cayuse Tribe [in regalia with eagle feather bonnet. On reservation.]
36. PH036_5212 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5212 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. A child in a cradleboard is to the woman's right. The woman is wearing a necklace, a leather dress, and earrings. Her hair is tied into two braids. The child is in a cradleboard with a floral design., Queen Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Cayuse woman, seated by tule tipi, with infant in cradleboard. She wears decorated buckskin dress, cornhusk hat, and holds a cornhusk bag with a triangular design.]
37. PH036_5215 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5215 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. She is wearing earrings, a leather dress, a hat, and a necklace. Her hair is tied in two braids. A cradleboard is leaning against the side of the tipi. A large tree is in the foreground., Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Queen Etna, Cayuse woman, in regalia, outside double tule tipi. Same sitting as 5212. Baby in cradleboard.]
38. PH036_4786 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4786 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American man and woman, identified as Red Elk and his sister, of the Cayuse Tribe, stand in front of a large tipi. The tipi is made up of layers of tule mats, with some long sticks supporting them on the outside. The man is dressed in a cloth shirt and cloth pants, with a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He is wearing beaded moccasins, a beaded bandoleer, and a beaded belt with a small pouch. His jewelry includes beaded looped necklaces, a beaded choker, and hoop earrings with shells. He is holding an object in each hand. The woman is dressed in a solid colored cloth dress, an underlayer dress, and has a sash around her waist. She has a large shawl draped over one shoulder and wrapped around her waist. The shawl has fringes and some embroidered flowers along the border. She is wearing moccasins, partially obscured by her shadow, and is holding a scarf or bandana in her hand. Her jewelry includes several strands of beaded necklaces and shell earrings. The man's hair is long and pulled back behind his head. The woman's hair is in two long ponytails. The man and woman are each standing on a pendleton blanket. Two more blankets are draped over a rope that circles the the tipi; one of them seems to be covering a doorway. A few objects are displayed on the blankets. There are deciduous trees and shrubs in the background and straw on the ground around the tipi., Red Elk and sister [Cayuse man and woman, in traditional clothing , by tule tipi. On reservation.]
39. We-Nix Cayuse Tribe
We-Nix Cayuse Tribe
Description
A Native American woman, identified as We-nix of the Cayuse Indians and sister of Donald McKay, stands in front of a canvas tipi. She is wearing a plain cloth dress, plain moccasins, leggings with a floral design, a head scarf, shell earrings, beaded necklace and bracelet, a ring, and has two long braids. She has one Pendleton blanket draped around her and another one on the ground, under her feet. A large pine tree is all that is visible in the background.