Spokane woman named Ellen Andrews Moon poses in heirloom elk-tooth dress, Spokane Washington

Description: 

Studio portrait of woman looking over her shoulder, wearing a beaded headdress and a dress sewn with many elk teeth. Painted backdrop in background. Caption on mount: 530 elk teeth in dress. 500 years in one family. Note from unidentified source: Mrs Ellen Andrews Moon. Photographer, [Thomas A.] Tolman?

Community: 
spoqín (Spokan), University of Washington Libraries
Protocol: 
Spokan Community Public Access, University of Washington Libraries Public Access
Category: 
Lifeways, Artistry and Artifacts
Collections: 
American Indians of the PNW (Images)
Original Date Description: 
1854-1961
Contributor: 
Thomas A. Tolman
Rights: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/; http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Source: 
Album City of Spokane; University of Washington Libraries; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Special Collections
Identifier: 
L98-1.30
Subject: 
Moon, Ellen Andrews, Portraits--Washington (State), Spokane Indians--Clothing & dress, Spokane Indians--Women
Type: 
Photograph, Image
Format: 
Image/JPEG