Photo, Print, Drawing Image 19 of Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt at her ranch near Arlee, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt at her ranch near Arlee, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana

Names

  • Toelken, Barre, 1935- (Collector)
  • Toelken, Barre, 1935- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Arlee, Montana, September 10, 1979

Headings

  • -  Salishan beadwork
  • -  Dance costume
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Arlee

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Index data: Image numbers, descriptions: at the home of Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt, Flathead Reservation, Arlee MT: 1-2, Adelaide Parker Matt's with hanks of beads, before untying them and taking off approximate quantity needed; 3-4, small purse used as part of a women's dance outfit; 5-7, small purse using cut beads, i.e., beads with small, flat reflecting surfaces; 8, obverse side of purse pictured in images 3 and 4; 9-11, moccasin turned inside out so as to show extra layer of cloth within that allows for beading on instep; 12-13, same moccasin, right side out, showing beadwork, the photographer's notes state that "such patterns are made so that the wearer, not the onlooker, sees the design from its proper perspective"; 14-15, dance apron, beaded on deerskin, made for Mrs. Matt's grandson's dance outfit, matching vest in images 18-19; 16, same apron, obverse; 17, same apron, showing close-up of buffalo design, the photographer's notes state that "buffalo were hunted farther east by the Salish, who had to pass through enemy (Blackfeet) territory to get there, thus [the] design symbolizes bravery, tenacity, cleverness (in addition to [the] automatic power of the bison)"; 18-19, vest and apron set; 20, the cat that the photographer described as "Mrs. Matt's beading companion."

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: MT9-BT23

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Toelken, Barre, and Barre Toelken. Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt at her ranch near Arlee, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana. United States Montana Arlee, 1979. Arlee, Montana. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_bt23/.

APA citation style:

Toelken, B. & Toelken, B. (1979) Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt at her ranch near Arlee, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana. United States Montana Arlee, 1979. Arlee, Montana. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_bt23/.

MLA citation style:

Toelken, Barre, and Barre Toelken. Salish beadworker Adelaide Parker Matt at her ranch near Arlee, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana. Arlee, Montana. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_bt23/>.