Chief Sevara [sic] and family [CHS.J3577]

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Title Chief Sevara [sic] and family [CHS.J3577]
Subject Ute Indians--History; Indians of North America; Photography; Cradleboards; Ute Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Ute Indians--Jewelry; Ute Indians--Women--Photographs; Children--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Colorado
Keywords Severo; Native Americans
Tribe Ute
Band Ute Mountain Ute
Creator Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Description Studio portrait of Chief Severo and Native American (Ute) men, women and children identified as Severo family members. Chief Severo stands and wears probably a military or law enforcement uniform, a hat, jacket, vest and neckerchief. Men beside Severo wear hair pipe breast plates, chokers or neckerchiefs, and braids. One man wears hoop earrings and a hair feather. Women sit and pose and wear woven mantas (shawls), long skirts and moccasins. Women pose with a girl in a calico dress and beside babies in leather cradleboards with decorative fringe and beadwork. A woman poses and holds a leather purse with a metal chain.
Publisher Digitized by the Denver Public Library
Date 1899
Type Image/StillImage
Collection Name CHS.J3577
Language eng
Rights Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Holding Institution Denver Public Library Digital Collections
ARK ark:/87278/s6dv4g6v
Setname uaida_main
ID 389825
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv4g6v