Nez Perce children Beverly Williams, Nathan Ellwood & Dorothy Halfmoon pose in ceremonial dress while adults look on, Washington, July 1937

Description: 

Two small girls in fringed and decorated dresses with beaded belts stand on either side of a small boy in a roach headdress, necklaces, beaded belt & armbands, decorated top & breechcloth, plain leggings and moccasins decorated with bells. In the background are men & women in decorated clothing Note from unidentifed source: L-R: Mary Sturgis, ?, Katherine Lott (daughter of Sam Lott), Beverly Williams, Nathan Ellwood (from the Red Bear family), Princess Dorothy Halfmoon, Mabert Moore (Dorothy Halfmoon's uncle), Levi McCormack, ?, July 1937

People: 
Beverly Williams, Nathan Ellwood, Dorothy Halfmoon
Location Description: 

United States--Washington (State)--Pullman

Community: 
University of Washington Libraries, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
University of Washington Libraries Public Access, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Lifeways, Ceremony
Collections: 
American Indians of the PNW (Images)
Original Date: 
1937
Contributor: 
Hutchison Photo Service
Rights: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/; http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Source: 
Joel E. Ferris Estate; University of Washington Libraries; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Special Collections
Identifier: 
L94-8.81
Subject: 
Williams, Beverly, Ellwood, Nathan, Halfmoon, Dorothy, Group portraits--Washington (State), Nez Perce Indians--Clothing & dress, Nez Perce Indians--Children
Type: 
Photograph, Image
Format: 
Image/JPEG