2004.113.5

A: Folder/folio of gray cardboard printed in red and blue with many Natiive American symbols, and "Pikuni and Kainah Tribes of Blackfeet Indians, Glacier National Park, Waterton Lake National Park, America First." The folio fastens with broken string closure. It is lined in red. Inside the portfolio are 12 full color prints of differnt Native American individuals; some of the prints are mounted on blue paper, others on red. B: Lazy Boy--Medicine Man, Glacier National Par, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Shows man, facing proper left, his hair in braids, wrapped with tan strips of fur; he wears a tan (probably buckskin) shirt, and holds significant symbols in either hand. Mounted on blue paper. C: Mountain Chief, Blackfeet Brave, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by W. Langdon Kinn, New York. Shows man facing forward, wearing buckskin shirt, fringed at shoulders, highly decorated with colorful beadwork; war bonnet on his head of black feathers with white ermine tails suspended from either side. Mounted on red paper. D: Mrs. Devine, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Shows young woman, seated in front of a bright yello backgroun, wearing a red shirt, her arms folded in front of her; she looks down toward the lower proper right corner. Her hair is braided and looped under the blue scarf she is wearing with a large, pale gray "cowboy style" hat on top. Mounted on blue paper. E: Long Time Pipe Woman, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Elderly woman, seat, facing proper left. She wears a blue and brown garment, with her hands folded in her lap. She's wearing several strands of beads. Her braided hair is wrpped with dark brown fur; her white and red headband support a single feather at the back of her head. Mounted on blue paper. F: Mike Short Man, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. White background centered with the subject's head. He faces forward, has two braids, wrapped in black. He appears to wear shell earrings; his short necklace has two decorations suspended in the front. He also wears a light brown hat with a red hat band. Mounted on red paper. G: Nightshoots, Glacier National Park, from the original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Man faces forward; he's wearing a commercially made yellow shirt with a magenta and yellow scarf around his neck. He also wears a necklace at his neck, over the collar of the shirt. His hair, getting gray at the top, is braided, hangs far down the front of his shirt and is wrapped with white. A tan hat sits squarely on his head with a decorative hat band, and a fluffy feather off to the proper left side. Mounted on red paper. H: Many Mules, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Eldery figure draped in a white blanket, black scarf tied like a bandana over the head and under the chin, with a gray fur toque on top. Mounted on red paper. I: Chief Two Guns White Calf, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Full figure portrait, with the subject seated on a white, black and red blanket, facing the proper left. He wears a blue shirt, green pants or leggings and beaded moccasins. His hair is pulled into two sections, wrapped in red. He has earrings, probably of shell, a beaded necklace trimmed with shells and a single feather over his right ear. Mounted on red paper. J: Alex Eagle Plume, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Child, facing forward, wrapped in a white and light red blanket, with many braids, wrapped in baby blue. Mounted on blue paper. K: Shot on Both Sides, Chief of the Blood Tribe, Waterton Lakes Natiopnal Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. The subject faces 3/4 to the proper right. He is wearing white, with a yellow and blue-gray fringed garment over his shoulders. His braided hair is wrapped with white. He wears small shell earrings. Several trimmed feathers are in his hair at the back. Mounted on blue paper. L: Blackfeet Mother, Glacier National Park, from original protrait by W. Langdon Kinn, New York. Woman is seated and faces forward, but looks down slightly to the proper left. She's dressed in red and holds a sleeping child in her arms. The child is wrapped in a multi-colored blanket. Her hair is parted in the middle, and two very long braids hang down the front of her dress, their tips not visible behind the child. Mounted on blue paper. M: Double Steel and Two Cutter, Glacier National Park, from original portrait by Winold Reiss, New York. Two figures, both with looped braids. The figure on the proper right is more decorative, dressed in white fringed garment with a pink scarf over her head, and several pieces of jewelry. The other figure is dress in blue. Mounted on red paper.

This prints were obviously used as home decoration, or classroom information because the all have thumbtack holes at their corners.

Used: decoration | Education