Display of weapons on a beaded box: two hatchets, one sword and scabbard, one bone knife, two staffs: one with a metal top and one with a leather strap on the top.
A young Native-American woman poses standing on an animal hide in a studio. She wears a basketwork hat, a decorated buckskin dress, a number of necklaces and arm bands, and carries a bag decorated with a deer pattern. On the wall behind her are bags, feathers, cradleboards, crossed swords, and furs.
Relics from the Whitman Massacre, 1847 in the collection of the Oregon Historical Society are shown mounted on a wall and displayed on a table. The relics include two Native American tomahawks, a Native American war club, a sword and scabbard, and two unidentified objects.
Two Native American women are posed in front of a display of Native American artifacts. One woman is standing, the other kneels. The standing woman is wearing beaded moccasins. She is holdings a tomahawk in her right hand with a small pelt draped over it. She holds a round shield with a fur decoration in her left hand. Her dress has a V-neck which is decorated with a striped yoke. The skirt of the dress is decorated with long fringes threaded with beads. She is wearing a necklace and a hat. The kneeling woman is wearing a fringed and beaded leather dress with a cape. She is holding a bow in her left hand. She has a basket hat woven in a geometic design on her head. On the wall behind the women are several artifacts and objects, including: two cradleboards with floral designs, a photograph of a bulldog, a basket with geometric designs, a military cap, a military helmet, two swords, a harness, two bugles, some unidentified gear, belts, two pair of moccasins with floral beading, two bags with floral designs, an unidentified artifact with long fringes, one woven bag with geometric designs, three belts or sashes with geometric designs, an animal pelt, a long feathered headdress, a saddle, a long necklace, a buckskin coat with fringes and some other clothes. There is a poster behind the women with a picture of soldiers and Native Americans on horseback; the number "49" can be seen on it. Small knives and feathers are displayed along the top of the poster.
A Native American woman is seated inside on the floor. She is holding a pipe in each hand, wearing a feathered headdress, and has a blanket with geometric designs draped over her lap. Her hair is tied in two long braids. Various items, including swords, knives, cradleboards, moccassins, bags, hair ties, and a rifle, are hung on the wall behind the woman.
An interior photograph of a European-American man, identified as Lee Moorhouse, standing in a room filled with Native American ceremonial objects and general artifacts. The man is holding a rifle in his right hand with the rifle base leaning on the floor. He is attired in European-American clothing with a hat, necktie, vest, shirt, jacket, trousers and shoes. Two walls of the room can be discerned. The wall to the left of the man shows an open door to what appears to be a small storage cabinet. There is a book on the cabinet and a paper attached to the open door. Behind the cabinet are two chairs, one of which is a rocking chair. Behind the chairs is what appears to be a couch; there is a Native-American blanket laying on it. All along the left wall are various Native American artifacts, including a headdress and hand drums. There is a deer's head mounted on the wall with a painting or photograph under it. To the right of the man is a full size deer mount. Behind the man and mounted deer are various tables and a chair. On the rear wall are hung three American flags, two of which show 48 stars. Below the flags are various Native American artifacts, mounted antlers, and several swords. A single light bulb hangs from the ceiling., [Self-portrait of Lee Moorhouse in his office in Pendleton, among his curios. He poses with a rifle next to a stuffed buck, wearing a buckskin vest and jacket. c. 1915]
A Native American woman, dressed in Native American costume, is seated on a chair, in front of a wall filled with various Native American artifacts. The woman is wearing a headdress with horns and feathers, a beaded buckskin dress with beaded fringe, beaded leggings, and floral design moccasins. She has long braids, a beaded choker and beaded necklace, a shell necklace, copper bracelets, a ring, and is holding a beaded bag. A Pendleton blanket is draped over the chair. Hanging from the wall are assorted feathers and knives, decorative cords with tassels, posters, a photograph, swords with scabbards, floral design cradleboards, a horse bridle with reins, woven bags, a beaded floral design glove or gauntlet, leather goods, beadwork, a walking stick, and a tanned animal hide on which is painted a Native American man. There are several items on the floor, including another blanket, a bow and two empty quivers (one beaded, one plain), a tomahawk decorated with a fur tail, more loose feathers, and a woven basket.
