Joseph and his wife Louise, two Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field. Joseph wears a long feather headdress with ermine fur tassles hanging from its sides. He wears numerous beaded necklaces around his neck. He also wears a dark vest over a plaid shirt and a plaid breechcloth. Louise wears large, round earrings and a long necklace. She has strips of dark fur wrapped around her braids and holds a plaid blanket around her waist.
Date
[between 1905 and 1907?]
Notes
Title handwritten on backs of prints.; R7001500663
Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 in.); 2 photoprints ; 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.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Glass negatives.; Group portraits.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
