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.
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; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.); Indians of North America--Clothing and dress--Montana--1900- 1910; Indians of North America--Women--Montana
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700150066
Notes
Title handwritten on backs of prints.; R7001500663
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