Joseph Lelps-to, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for an informal, three-quarter length portrait. He wears a long, feather headdress with thin ermine fur tassels hanging from its sides, He also wears a dark vest and several beaded necklaces. His pants have a striped pattern, and his shirt is plaid.
Date
[between 1905 and 1907?]
Notes
Glass plate is painted with dark, red paint around image.; Title handwritten on back of photoprint.; R7001501164
Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 12 cm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject
Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Lelps-to, Joseph.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
